center3: ksa western 4

Located in the western region of Saudi Arabia, the Western 4 facility is part of center3’s expanding digital-infrastructure platform established under the stc Group umbrella. Center3 aims to position the Kingdom as a regional digital hub connecting Europe, Asia and Africa. 

The Western 4 facility supports the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 ambition by offering a high-capacity, carrier-neutral colocation and hyperscale infrastructure node. It sits in a strategic western Saudi location which benefits from access to major submarine-cable landings and regional fibre-network corridors, enhancing its appeal for global cloud, content and connectivity providers.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• The data centre is part of center3’s broader target of delivering 1 GW (1,000 MW) of data-centre capacity by 2030.
• It is engineered for scalable, high-density deployments—supporting both wholesale hyperscale projects and enterprise colocation.
• Designed to leverage carrier-neutral architecture and modular white-space expansion to accommodate high-compute workloads, cloud platforms and interconnection services.
• Built with sustainability in mind: center3 emphasises the use of advanced infrastructure to optimise energy and connectivity performance. 

🔐 Security & Compliance

• The facility operates with enterprise-grade security controls including 24×7 monitoring, secure access zones, and physical protections aligned with regionally accepted standards.
• As a center3 playground, it adheres to the Kingdom’s digital-infrastructure regulation frameworks intended to support data-centres, connectivity and cloud-hosting operations. 
• The facility design supports high availability and resilience for mission-critical workloads, consistent with the operator’s ambitions for cloud, content and carrier services in the region.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Western 4 is carrier-neutral and embedded in center3’s network-ecosystem that spans terrestrial and submarine-fibre routes across the Middle East and linking Europe, Asia and Africa. 
• The western-Saudi location affords proximity to key submarine-cable landing zones and regional interconnect hubs, enabling low-latency international links and inter-data-centre connectivity.
• The facility supports direct cloud-on-ramps, cross-connect services, peering options and hybrid-cloud interconnectivity, catering to hyperscale, content and carrier clients.

💼 Who It Serves

• Hyperscale cloud providers and AI/ML operations seeking large-scale, power-dense infrastructure in the Middle East.
• Content, streaming and gaming platforms needing regional colocation nodes with strong connectivity and carrier-neutral access.
• Telecom carriers, network-service providers and interconnect firms aiming to establish or expand presence in Saudi Arabia’s western corridor.
• Enterprises, SaaS and cloud firms requiring secure, compliant infrastructure aligned with Saudi-based hosting and regional digital-transformation strategies.
• Organisations with global footprint needing Middle East anchor sites for latency-sensitive workloads, disaster recovery or regional expansion.