{"id":136957,"date":"2026-02-24T12:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=136957"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:39:43","slug":"khazna-awarded-tier-iii-certification-of-design-documents-for-ajman-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2026\/02\/24\/khazna-awarded-tier-iii-certification-of-design-documents-for-ajman-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Khazna awarded Tier III Certification of Design Documents for Ajman facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Uptime Institute, the Global Digital Infrastructure Authority, has announced that Khazna Data Centers, a global leader in hyperscale digital infrastructure, has achieved the Uptime Institute Tier III Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) award for its newest 100 MW AI-optimised data centre, QAJ01 \u2014 set to be the first certified AI data centre with liquid cooling in the Middle East and North Africa region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This state-of-the-art development features 20 data halls, each delivering 5 MW of IT capacity, purpose-built to meet the demands of next-generation AI workloads. The certification underscores Khazna\u2019s commitment to designing world-class, resilient and efficient data centre infrastructure in alignment with the industry\u2019s most rigorous global standards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/Khazna-being-awarded-TCDD-award-by-Uptime-Institute-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136958\" style=\"width:577px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/Khazna-being-awarded-TCDD-award-by-Uptime-Institute-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/Khazna-being-awarded-TCDD-award-by-Uptime-Institute-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/Khazna-being-awarded-TCDD-award-by-Uptime-Institute-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/Khazna-being-awarded-TCDD-award-by-Uptime-Institute-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/Khazna-being-awarded-TCDD-award-by-Uptime-Institute-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Located in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, the new facility has been designed with advanced liquid-cooling systems to support the high rack densities and thermal loads required by large-scale AI training and inference applications, while optimising energy efficiency and maintaining operational resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAchieving Tier III certification for our Ajman facility reflects Khazna\u2019s deep commitment to engineering excellence and operational resilience as we scale to meet the AI era. QAJ1 sets a new regional benchmark, combining high-density readiness, advanced liquid cooling, and globally certified design to support the next generation of compute. It is a strategic milestone in our mission to deliver future-ready infrastructure,\u201d said Abdulmajeed Harmoodi, Chief Technology Officer, Khazna Data Centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis Tier Certification marks an important advancement for the regional digital infrastructure ecosystem,\u201d said Mustapha Louni, CBO, Uptime Institute. \u201cKhazna\u2019s AI-optimized facility integrates liquid cooling and high-density configurations while maintaining Tier III level resilience. It demonstrates how data centres can evolve to meet the accelerating compute needs of AI without compromising reliability or efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key highlights of the project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set to become the first Uptime Institute Tier Certified AI data centre with liquid cooling in the region: Purpose-built for high-density AI compute environments. This further illustrates the company\u2019s understanding of Tier III criticality of resilient infrastructure to support the demanding and dynamic workload for AI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100 MW total IT load: Engineered to support hyperscale and AI workloads at scale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 data halls, each with 5 MW capacity: Modular, scalable architecture enabling phased deployment and flexible operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uptime Institute Tier Certified Design Documents (TCDD): Confirms the facility\u2019s design meets globally recognised standards for performance, redundancy and resilience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uptime Institute\u2019s Tier Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) is the first step in the Institute\u2019s globally recognised Tier Certification process, validating that a facility\u2019s design plans meet the requirements of its Tier Standard for Topology. The award provides assurance that once constructed, the facility can achieve the desired performance and resilience outcomes. The Khazna UAE portfolio currently consists of 30 data centres, 22 of which have achieved the Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility Awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uptime Institute, the Global Digital Infrastructure Authority, has announced that Khazna Data Centers, a global leader in hyperscale digital infrastructure, has achieved the Uptime Institute Tier III Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) award for its newest 100 MW AI-optimised data centre, QAJ01 \u2014 set to be the first certified AI data centre with liquid cooling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":59642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,15994,13,185],"tags":[21999,22000,5541,14601,20958,8186,4269,131],"class_list":["post-136957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-centres","category-middle-east","category-top-stories","category-uae","tag-abdulmajeed-harmoodi","tag-ai-data-center","tag-ajman","tag-khazna-data-centers","tag-liquid-cooling","tag-mustapha-louni","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-uptime-institute"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136959,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136957\/revisions\/136959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}