Market comparison
Dammam, Saudi Arabia vs Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Dammam — 9 facilities from 8 operators, Riyadh — 9 facilities from 7 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
9
Tracked facilities · Operators: 8
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
9
Tracked facilities · Operators: 7
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Markets side by side
| Field | Dammam | Riyadh |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked facilities | 9 | 9 |
| Operators | 8 | 7 |
| Published IT capacity | 226 MW (4 of 9 sites publish) | 78 MW (2 of 9 sites publish) |
| Operational | 8 | 8 |
| Under construction / announced | 1 | 1 |
| Tier III+ certified sites | 4 | 1 |
| Sites with any certification | 6 | 3 |
| Liquid-cooled sites | 0 | 0 |
| AI-ready sites | 1 | 0 |
| Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month | not published | not published |
| Benchmark change, yoy | not published | not published |
| Industrial power tariff, $/kWh | $0.074 | $0.074 |
| Average Coloprice Score | 24/100 across 9 sites | 17/100 across 9 sites |
| Latency between the two | not published | |
Counts are the Coloprice catalog as of 2026-09-26; benchmarks are the Colocation Price Index (Q3 2026). Operators publish some facts and not others — an empty cell means «not published», not zero.
Where they differ
Only fields both sides publish and where the values are not identical. This is not a judgement: the right choice depends on the workload, the contract and the site.
- Operators: Dammam — 8; Riyadh — 7
- Published IT capacity: Dammam — 226 MW (4 of 9 sites publish); Riyadh — 78 MW (2 of 9 sites publish)
- Tier III+ certified sites: Dammam — 4; Riyadh — 1
- Sites with any certification: Dammam — 6; Riyadh — 3
- AI-ready sites: Dammam — 1; Riyadh — 0
- Average Coloprice Score: Dammam — 24/100 across 9 sites; Riyadh — 17/100 across 9 sites
Top facilities by score
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Center3 Dammam Data Center Center3 (stc Group) · 19.5 MW
- Mobily Dammam Data Center (Adama) Mobily (Etihad Etisalat)
- Mobily Fursan Data Center Mobily (Etihad Etisalat)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mobily Al Malqa 2 Data Center Mobily (Etihad Etisalat)
- DAMAC Digital RUH01 EDGNEX Data Centres by DAMAC · 20 MW
- Pure Data Centres — Riyadh (RUH01) Pure Data Centres Group / Dune Vaults (JV) · 57.6 MW
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