DataVolt's Yanbu scheme is a small one by the standards of the company's announcements: four separate buildings, each carrying 1 MW of IT load, on an 11,993 m2 plot inside the Modon Oasis industrial city at Yanbu on the Red Sea coast. Phase one covers a built-up area of about 1,558 m2 over ground and roof levels, and the design density is 8.33 kW per rack. DataVolt was founded in 2023 with backing from Vision Invest, and its chief executive said in August 2026 that financing for the Saudi facilities under construction was expected to close within six months. The Tier III wording on the project comes from the engineering contractor and describes the design; DataVolt holds no Uptime Institute award. It is a separate development from the company's much larger NEOM and Oxagon programme.
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11,993 m2 plot; phase 1 built-up area about 1,558 m2
4 MW of IT load in total, spread across four separate 1 MW buildings on an 11,993 m2 plot, with a phase-one built-up area of about 1,558 m2.
Which rack density is the Yanbu design based on?
8.33 kW per rack, per the project engineer's published scope.
How does Yanbu relate to DataVolt's NEOM programme?
It is a separate and far smaller project. NEOM and Oxagon carry DataVolt's multi-gigawatt AI campus; Yanbu is a four-building plot in a MODON industrial city.
What is holding up delivery at Yanbu?
Financing. DataVolt's chief executive said in August 2026 that funding for the Saudi facilities under construction was expected to close within six months.
What does the Tier III description on the Yanbu project refer to?
The engineering contractor's design language. No Uptime Institute award is held in DataVolt's name, in Yanbu or anywhere else.