May 08, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Saudi firm DataVolt has broken ground on its debut data center which will offer 10MW via a $150 million investment. in Tashkent, Uzbekistan this week. DataVolt said the data center features a modular infrastructure design, allowing for scalable solutions able to accommodate various workloads “ranging from hundreds to a few thousands of teraflops.”
“This is the first data center project for us in Uzbekistan, but it brings already strong aspects of innovation in sustainability using certified renewable energy from solar and wind fed into dedicated energy storage units and balanced by dedicated systems powered by hydrogen and other green fuels in order to secure round-the-clock green energy to our data center at the high level of reliability/availability required by the computing processes," said Rajit Nanda, DataVolt CEO.
“This approach will be able to secure a cost-effective base for deployment of Artificial Intelligence computing processes in Uzbekistan as an absolute first in the region accelerating the development of an advanced IT industry in the country.”
