UAE's data centres draw 1.5 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 23rd of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.
That is 0.9% of everything the country generates — below the 1.2% median across those countries.
Set against 0.5 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 39% load factor.
2 metros are tracked here, totalling 1,360 MW, of which Abu Dhabi alone is 1,100 MW — 81% of the national total.
1,100 MW of that is not yet operating: it is under construction or still an announcement.
Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Systems & Facility on the physical basis, at #8 of 54.
It does not register at all on Silicon, Memory & Storage or Networking.
About $20bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for UAE, though announced is not built — that figure is graded B.
National context
Where UAE ranks
The same tables read three ways. A country can lead one basis and be invisible on another, and that gap is the whole point of the atlas.
| Tier | Physicalassets here | Ownershiprevenue booked | Controlcould stop you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon | — | — | — |
| Memory & Storage | — | — | — |
| Networking | — | — | — |
| Systems & Facility | #8of 54 | — | — |
| Power & Grid | #24of 77 | — | — |
Data centre metros (2)
| Abu Dhabi — Under constructionSovereign-scale AI campus programme. Announced ambition far exceeds anything yet energised. | 1,100 MW C |
| Dubai — OperatingThe UAE holds over 400 MW of existing Middle East capacity — the regional leader — split here between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. | 260 MW B |