REGIONS

From the Gulf to the highlands.

National AI strategies, digital sovereignty needs and abundant sunshine: the Emirates, the Middle East and Africa call for campuses designed for their climates.

THERMAL MAP

Every climate, its answer.

From the Gulf coast to the Kenyan highlands, heat, humidity, dust and water change everything. Choose a zone.

Gulf coast

Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Doha · Kuwait City · Manama · Muscat

Heat: extreme
Humidity: extreme
Dust: high
Water stress: extreme

Energy

Exceptional sunshine; electricity drawn mostly from natural gas.

Design levers

Direct-to-chip liquid cooling
Closed-loop dry coolers sized for extreme heat
Reinforced filtration against dust and salt air

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United Arab Emirates Qatar Kuwait Bahrain Oman

A qualitative reading, to be refined site by site.

CLIMATES

Five climates, five answers

Gulf coast

Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Doha · Kuwait City · Manama · Muscat

Heat: extreme
Humidity: extreme
Dust: high
Water stress: extreme

Energy

Exceptional sunshine; electricity drawn mostly from natural gas.

Design levers

Direct-to-chip liquid cooling
Closed-loop dry coolers sized for extreme heat
Reinforced filtration against dust and salt air

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United Arab Emirates Qatar Kuwait Bahrain Oman

Inland Arabian Peninsula

Riyadh

Heat: extreme
Humidity: low
Dust: extreme
Water stress: extreme

Energy

One of the world’s richest solar resources.

Design levers

Closed loop, with no water evaporation
Filtration against sand and dust storms
On-site natural gas turbines, solar and storage

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Saudi Arabia

North Africa

Casablanca · Cairo

Heat: high
Humidity: moderate
Dust: high
Water stress: high

Energy

Abundant solar and wind, interconnections under development.

Design levers

Free cooling for part of the year
Contracted solar and wind power
Closed loop: zero water consumption

Coastal West Africa

Lagos · Dakar · Abidjan

Heat: high
Humidity: extreme
Dust: high
Water stress: moderate

Energy

Grids that can be unstable: storage and backup generation are essential.

Design levers

Dehumidification and corrosion protection
Batteries and backup generators sized for outages
Filtration during the harmattan

East African highlands

Nairobi

Heat: low
Humidity: moderate
Dust: moderate
Water stress: moderate

Energy

Largely renewable electricity, from geothermal and hydro power.

Design levers

Free cooling for most of the year, thanks to altitude
Connection to a low-carbon grid
Compact modules for phased deployment

GULF COUNTRIES

One country, one reading.

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