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2 facilities · Q3 2026 · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 ·

Data Center Colocation Costs in Kuwait: Q3 2026 Price Index

Compare 2 data centers in Kuwait across 2 operators: capacity, status, certifications, facilities and colocation pricing context.

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Colocation pricing: Kuwait & other markets — The Colocation Price Index →

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Average wholesale, $/kW/mo — Collecting

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Retail rack, $/mo — Collecting

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Year on year

$0.081

Commercial power, $/kWh

Q3 2026 · · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 · 0 AI-ready · sources

How this market compares

Market$/kW/mo$/kWhfacilitiesRound-trip
Kuwait· · ·$0.0812
Saudi Arabia· · ·$0.07417
Iraq· · ·$0.0468

Round-trip times are measured figures from the latency matrix; power tariffs from the index. Cross-connects add $50–$350 per month each on top of any rate. Round-trip · The Index

Why prices sit where they do

Kuwait's catalog opens with two telecom-operator colocation products in Kuwait City, and Uptime Institute's public registry lists zero certified facilities in the country. Zain Kuwait's Colocation Data Center (CDC) is referenced in the operator's own annual reporting alongside its cloud and hosting business, but Zain does not publish the site's address, power capacity or a Tier certificate. Ooredoo's data center, operated since 2025 under the group's regional infrastructure spin-off Syntys (which also owns Qatar's Q Data QFZ and a Kuwait site), is marketed as "designed and built following Tier III specifications" — an operator claim, not an independent certification. Kalaam Telecom (formerly Zajil) also advertises a Kuwait colocation business, but its site was unreachable for verification. Business electricity runs $0.081/kWh (GlobalPetrolPrices, Dec 2025), among the lowest commercial rates in the Gulf thanks to heavy state subsidy of Kuwait's gas- and oil-fired grid.

Frequently asked questions

How much does colocation cost in Kuwait?

No published wholesale $/kW benchmark exists for Kuwait yet, so we show nothing rather than an estimate. What is verifiable: the catalog tracks 2 facilities here. Run at least three quotes in parallel — where no benchmark is published, individual offers vary far more.

Why is colocation priced the way it is in Kuwait?

Commercial electricity in Kuwait is $0.081 per kWh, and power is the largest single input into a colocation rate. On top of that sit land and grid-connection availability, interconnection density, and how much capacity competes for the same tenants — 2 facilities in our catalog, 0 of them announced or under construction.

Where is colocation cheaper near Kuwait?

On power alone, Saudi Arabia ($0.074/kWh), Iraq ($0.046/kWh) run below Kuwait. Whether that becomes a cheaper contract depends on how much interconnection the workload needs — the comparison table shows what latency the move would cost.

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Quick answer

How many data centers are in Kuwait?

Coloprice tracks 2 data centers in Kuwait: 2 operational, 0 under construction and 0 announced. The count covers publicly disclosed facilities and grows as operators publish new sites; every figure links to its primary source.

Data centers

FacilityOperatorCountryCityPower, MWTierScoreReviewsStatus
Zain Kuwait Colocation Data Center (CDC)Zain KuwaitKuwaitKuwait City7·Operational
Ooredoo / Syntys Kuwait Data CenterSyntys (Ooredoo Group)KuwaitKuwait City7·Operational