Dutch AI data center developer Volt has announced a 29MW project in Dubai.

The company’s Middle East subsidiary, Volt UAE, is forming a joint venture with the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ), to develop the data center, at Dubai’s Silicon Oasis technology park.

According to Volt, the facility “will feature high-performance infrastructure engineered for exceptional resilience, uninterrupted operations, and long-term security under all conditions."

The JV will see the company collaborate with Schneider Electric, which will deliver advanced electrical systems, power distribution, and smart data center infrastructure to “enhance efficiency, reliability, and sustainability.”

H.E. Dr. Mohammed Al Zarooni, executive chairman of DIEZ, said: “This strategic partnership comes at a pivotal time amid rapid global shifts, reaffirming the resilience of Dubai’s economic model and its strong investment appeal in future-focused sectors.

“It also reflects the value of leveraging specialized expertise in the development and operation of data centers. This step underscores the confidence of global investors in Dubai’s advanced business environment, supported by world-class digital infrastructure and agile economic policies.”

Spanning up to 60,000 sqm (645,834 sq ft), the development will be implemented in two phases: an initial 29MW readily available capacity, followed by an additional 100MW of committed power. An opening date has not been revealed.

Han de Groot, CEO of Volt, said: “This partnership marks a significant strategic milestone in advancing our international expansion. The Emirate of Dubai offers world-class infrastructure, positioning it as a natural hub for the next wave of digital and AI-infrastructure-driven growth. We are seeing an unprecedented acceleration in artificial intelligence, with compute becoming a critical production factor for economies.

“Volt addresses this with a full-stack AI compute platform designed to support sovereign AI capabilities, enabling nations and organizations to develop, train, and deploy AI securely, and at scale. This project is therefore more than a data center: it is designed as a potential AI factory, a facility where energy is transformed into intelligence, supporting advanced AI applications and digital workloads for the region.”

He added: “We are confident this project will add substantial long-term value to Dubai’s digital ecosystem, supported by an integrated and forward-looking business environment that fosters innovation and aligns with the rapidly evolving global AI-driven economy.”

Volt launched last year with an initial 14MW of capacity available to its customers from Switch Datacenters’ AMS4 facility in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and has identified five other projects it hopes to pursue, including a site in Rotterdam where it hopes to build an 800MW ‘AI Factory’ under a European Union-backed scheme.

It plans to take 42MW space in a new Switch data center, likely the company’s AMS5 facility that is currently under construction at a site four miles outside Amsterdam.

Meanwhile, it is embarking on a joint venture with Switch in Poland, to take between 30-100MW of space at a data center Switch is planning near Warsaw. This was announced in 2025, with a targeted capacity of 90MW, and building work is due to commence this year.

Further afield, it said it plans to take 400MW of space at a data center currently under development in Dallas, Texas, but did not name the site in question.