Laing O’Rourke Wins Khazna Data Center DXB 2 Project In The Heart Of Dubai Design District

Laing O’Rourke Middle East has been appointed by Khazna Data Centers (Khazna) to design and build a 21.45MW Data Center facility and office space at Dubai Design District (D3).

The Data Center Building, to be constructed within the 26,000 m2 plot, contains four separate pods each with two data halls totalling 5MW per pod, plus seven auxiliary data halls totalling 1.45MW. Laing O’Rourke’s scope includes the design, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the data center building plus the technical fit out for each of the four pods and auxiliary data halls.

In addition, the scope of works includes a three-storey office building (G+2+RF), with an enhanced façade. The project will be constructed and certified in accordance with Uptime Tier III Design in respect of concurrent maintainability in addition to meeting the sustainability criteria of LEED Gold and targeting a PUE of < 1.5.

The project lead from Laing O’Rourke will be Vijay Gangakhedkar, transitioning from the bid to the delivery leader for the scheme with an intended completion date of Q1 2024 with the first phase handed over in September 2023 for tenant deployment.

Jason Lowe, General Manager for Laing O’Rourke’s Middle East business, said: “We are delighted to extend our long-term client relationship with Khazna on this prestigious data center project. Integrating our Group’s capability for design management, construction, MEP and fit-out talents in one team provides clients with a clear advantage in terms of surety of delivery.”

Kevin Ayling, Senior Director – Technical Program Management, Khazna Data Centres, commented: “We are pleased to continue our relationship with Laing O’Rourke with this project. The team submitted the best overall bid in terms of HSE and performance management as well as demonstrating proven data center construction quality and capability.”

Khazna Data Centers is growing its network of hyperscale data centers across the UAE and has plans to expand its network globally.