Data centers in the United Arab Emirates

24 data centers are listed in the United Arab Emirates. The cities with the most listings are Dubai (9), Abu Dhabi (4), Masdar City (1) and Umm Al Quwain (1); together they hold 62% of them. The operators with the most listings are Equinix (4), Amazon Web Services (4) and Gulf Data Hub (2), out of 8 named operators.

By type, the listings in the United Arab Emirates are 42% colocation, 29% unclassified and 17% cloud region. Across all listed countries the colocation share is 39%. By published floor area, the largest single buildings are Pure DC Abu Dhabi Yas Island (AUH01) (Pure DC, 432,171 sq ft) and Equinix Dubai DX3 (Equinix, 23,702 sq ft).

Worldwide, the United Arab Emirates ranks 45th of 152 countries by number of listings, with under 1% of all listed facilities. In Western Asia it ranks 2nd of 17; the others with the most listings are Turkey (59), Iraq (20) and Saudi Arabia (17).

The three operators with the most listings hold 42% of them; 3 of the 8 named operators have a single listed facility here.