Microsoft Azure UAE Central Region (Abu Dhabi)

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Microsoft Azure UAE Central Region (Abu Dhabi) is a data center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operated by Microsoft, currently operational, opened in 2019.

Microsoft cloud datacenter region in Abu Dhabi, launched in 2019 to provide in-country cloud services and data residency.

Microsoft Azure UAE Central Region (Abu Dhabi) — schematic illustration — Schematic illustration based on published specifications, not a photograph · air-cooled · in operation

Operator: Microsoft
City: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Power, MW: —
Cooling: Air
Opened: 2019

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Coloprice Score

12 out of 100

limited data · #56 of 60 in United Arab Emirates

Resilience0/35
Compliance0/20
Transparency2/20
Scale0/15
Maturity10/10

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UAE Central is Microsoft's Azure cloud region in Abu Dhabi, one of the first two Microsoft cloud regions in the Middle East when it went live in June 2019 alongside UAE North in Dubai. Unlike a colocation facility, it is a hyperscale cloud region: capacity is consumed as Azure and Microsoft 365 services rather than racks, with in-country hosting that addresses UAE data-residency expectations for government and regulated industries. Within Microsoft's region architecture, UAE Central plays a specific role — it is paired with UAE North, does not offer availability zones, and access is generally reserved for customers of UAE North that need in-country disaster recovery, so it functions primarily as the DR half of the national pair. Microsoft does not publish power, space or rack figures for the underlying data centers. The region suits organizations standardized on Azure that require both primary and failover footprints kept inside the Emirates.

▮One of the first two Microsoft cloud regions in the Middle East, live since June 2019
▮Paired with Azure UAE North (Dubai); access generally reserved for in-country disaster recovery
▮No availability zones, reflecting its DR-oriented role in the region pair
▮Provides in-country data residency for government and regulated workloads

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