The urban development project has often seemed pie-in-the-sky. A new "energy efficient" data center project promises more of the same.

Saudi Arabia's NEOM, a Red Sea urban and industrial development, has signed a deal with DataVolt to develop a 1.5 gigawatt (GW) net zero artificial intelligence project in its Oxagon industrial zone,

At the LEAP 2025 event this week DataVolt and Neom signed a $5bn agreement to develop a 1.5GW data center campus in Neom’s Oxagon industrial area. The first 300MW phase of the site will reportedly go live in 2028. Further details were not shared.

NEOM partners with DataVolt to develop a $5bn AI-powered data centre in Oxagon, Saudi Arabia NEOM signed a partnership agreement with DataVolt to design and develop a large-scale artificial intelligence-powered data centre with a total capacity of 1.5 gigawatts.

NEOM, the sustainable region taking shape in northwest Saudi Arabia, and DataVolt, a Saudi-based international developer, investor and operator of data centers, today (February 10) signed a landmark agreement, marking a significant step toward realising the kingdom’s vision for a sustainable, data-driven economy.

Founded in 2023, DataVolt previously announced a plan to invest $5bn in developing data centres across Saudi Arabia, without specifying the project's location. DataVolt is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi public-private partnership-focused developer and investor Vision Invest.

Saudi Arabia’s Neom, the megacity being developed on the Red Sea coast, secured a $5 billion investment from a local firm to establish an AI data center.