#Oman #datacentres - Oman’s state-backed clean energy platform O-Green is plans to build more than 200 megawatts of AI-ready data centre capacity across the Sultanate, Spain and other markets by 2028. The push builds on a renewable energy development portfolio exceeding 11 GW across 12 countries. O-Green’s developments include a 2.7 GW Continuous Renewable Energy project spanning Duqm and Mahout that combines solar, wind and battery storage to deliver around 770 MW of power. The company’s new strategy positions data centres as a downstream extension of O-Green’s existing solar, wind and battery storage business, aiming to provide reliable, low-carbon electricity at scale. The announcement was made as Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology held the inaugural founding meeting of the Green Artificial Intelligence Alliance.
SO WHAT? - AI data centre build-outs across the Gulf rely on gas or grid capacity. O-Green is trying a different route, first building the renewable generation and storage, then selling compute as an extension of that. This could allow Oman to position itself as a low-carbon alternative to power-constrained AI hubs elsewhere in the region, at a moment when data centre operators globally are struggling to secure enough clean electricity to meet their own sustainability commitments.
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O-Green plans to build more than 200 MW of AI-ready data centre capacity across Oman, Spain and other international markets by 2028, according to a company press release. The announcement was made as the inaugural founding meeting of the Green Artificial Intelligence Alliance was held in Muscat, hosted by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology.
The strategy rests on O-Green’s renewable energy development portfolio, which exceeds 11 GW across 12 countries, spanning solar photovoltaic, wind generation and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
The flagship Omani project is a 2.7 GW Continuous Renewable Energy development spanning Duqm and Mahout, combining solar, wind and storage to deliver around 770 MW of firm renewable power.
Data centres and advanced computing are named among the energy-intensive industries expected to benefit from the Duqm-Mahout project’s firm power supply.
O-Green’s wider Omani portfolio includes solar capacity at Suhar Industrial City and wind development at Duqm, alongside plans to build renewable-energy technology manufacturing capacity.
The company is pursuing a vertically integrated model, aiming to combine renewable generation, storage, land and infrastructure into a single clean-power and compute offering.
The move coincides with the launch of Oman’s Green Artificial Intelligence Alliance, formed by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology alongside the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and the Authority for Public Services Regulation.
The Alliance is tasked with promoting renewable-powered AI and HPC deployment, supporting research into net-zero computing, and building national capacity in sustainable AI, in line with Oman Vision 2040.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
Source: O-Green, Oman media