center3: KSA Central 5

KSA Central 5 is a major data-centre facility developed by center3—an entity of Saudi Telecom Company (STC) focused on building next-generation digital infrastructure across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This facility is situated in the heart of Saudi Arabia’s evolving digital-economy landscape, offering strategic access to the country’s fibre backbone, cable landing stations and emerging cloud-ecosystem hubs. The KSA Central 5 site aligns with the national Vision 2030 ambition to position Saudi Arabia as a digital-services and data-centre hub bridging Europe, Asia and Africa.By leveraging Saudi Arabia’s competitive energy pricing, large land availability and telecom-carrier heritage, the Central 5 facility is designed to serve hyperscale cloud operators, content-delivery networks, enterprise ICT players and carriers seeking a high-performance, regionally compliant platform in the Kingdom.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• KSA Central 5 forms part of center3’s broader portfolio that targets up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of installed data-centre capacity across Saudi Arabia by 2030. 
• The facility is engineered for high-density and scalable deployments, supporting hyperscale and cloud workloads up to tens of megawatts of IT load.
• Built to operate with carrier-neutral connectivity and multiple fibre-entry points, enabling diverse interconnect options and cloud-on-ramps.
• Sustainability is integral: center3 emphasises eco-design, energy-efficiency and site resilience within its data-centre developments. 
• Modular deployment architecture allows phased expansion, which supports evolving tenant demands and large-scale tenant ecosystems.

🔐 Security & Compliance

• The facility features enterprise-grade physical security: trained on-site teams, CCTV monitoring, biometric access control and secure perimeter management.
• Operational frameworks follow industry best practices and regional regulatory standards, enabling hosting for regulated sectors (financial, government, critical infrastructure) in Saudi Arabia.
• center3’s infrastructure is designed to comply with Saudi data-sovereignty requirements and high-availability benchmarks consistent with modern hyperscale data-centre operations.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• As a carrier-neutral site, KSA Central 5 provides access to multiple telecom operators, international submarine-cable systems, cloud-service providers and content-delivery networks via direct cross-connects.
• Its geographic positioning within Saudi Arabia places it in a pivotal role for the convergence of connectivity between Europe, Asia and Africa — a core tenet of center3’s strategy. 
• The building supports high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnects – ideal for multicloud deployments, CDN operations, and edge-to-core network integrations.

💼 Who It Serves

• Hyperscale cloud platforms and global data-services operators seeking a Saudi-based, scalable infrastructure with carrier-neutral connectivity and large-scale power availability.
• Content-delivery networks (CDNs) and streaming/media companies requiring robust regional infrastructure to serve Middle-East, Africa and South-Asia audiences with low latency.
• Enterprises and SaaS providers needing secure, compliant hosting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with regional reach and growth potential.
• Telecom carriers, IX operators and network-services firms expanding interconnect capacity in the Saudi market with strong fibre and cloud-links.
• Government, financial and regulated-industry users looking for high-availability infrastructure within Saudi Arabia that aligns with national digital-economy objectives.