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Dubai, United Arab Emirates vs Masdar City, United Arab Emirates

Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Dubai — 18 facilities from 9 operators, Masdar City — 3 facilities from 1 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.

Markets side by side

FieldDubaiMasdar City
Tracked facilities183
Operators91
Published IT capacity463 MW (10 of 18 sites publish)75 MW (3 of 3 sites publish)
Operational142
Under construction / announced41
Tier III+ certified sites30
Sites with any certification40
Liquid-cooled sites10
AI-ready sites20
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/monthnot publishednot published
Benchmark change, yoynot publishednot published
Industrial power tariff, $/kWh$0.11$0.11
Average Coloprice Score22/100 across 18 sites23/100 across 3 sites
Latency between the twonot 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.

  • Tracked facilities: Dubai — 18; Masdar City — 3
  • Operators: Dubai — 9; Masdar City — 1
  • Published IT capacity: Dubai — 463 MW (10 of 18 sites publish); Masdar City — 75 MW (3 of 3 sites publish)
  • Operational: Dubai — 14; Masdar City — 2
  • Under construction / announced: Dubai — 4; Masdar City — 1
  • Tier III+ certified sites: Dubai — 3; Masdar City — 0
  • Sites with any certification: Dubai — 4; Masdar City — 0
  • Liquid-cooled sites: Dubai — 1; Masdar City — 0
  • AI-ready sites: Dubai — 2; Masdar City — 0
  • Average Coloprice Score: Dubai — 22/100 across 18 sites; Masdar City — 23/100 across 3 sites

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