Quantum Switch & Tamasuk

Quantum Switch Tamasuk (QST) is a Saudi company and a specialist company in the design, build, financing and operation of data centres has signed a key business principle agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the Kingdom) to develop and operate new data centres with a total capacity of 300MW by 2026. QST already has significant investments in the Kingdom with two data centre campus facilities already under construction.

This agreement with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) accelerates data centre development and operations in the country. Each new facility will represent significant and incremental data centre capacity as the Kingdom positions itself as a leader in digitalisation across the region.

QST’s data centres will be designed and built to meet the demands of hyperscale cloud service providers, international gaming and media platforms and global content delivery networks with a view to attracting them to locate their main regional hubs in the Kingdom. In addition, the data centres will host government digital infrastructure development initiatives, including the Saudi Internet Exchange Point scheme and be centres for co-location of Saudi Arabian government workloads. It is expected that preferential rates for Saudi Arabian-owned start-ups will benefit from hosting and colocation services at the new sites – further stimulating innovation in the Kingdom’s digital economy.