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Digital infrastructure & power

Developing and managing infrastructure projects

From origination to operations. Areen defines the need, structures the financing, and delivers and manages the asset, as one accountable partner.

Four phases, six service lines, one accountable partner

Clients engage Areen for one service line or for all six.

  1. 01

    Originate

    Define the need, secure the site, prove the case

    Service line

    Origination & project creation

    Outcome

    A bankable project brief

  2. 02

    Structure & Finance

    Set the deal structure and capital stack; bring in investors and lenders

    Service line

    Structuring & financing

    Outcome

    Financial close

  3. 03

    Deliver

    Design, permits, procurement, construction and commissioning

    Service lines
    • Development management
    • Owner's representative & program management
    Outcome

    An operating asset, on time and on budget

  4. 04

    Manage

    Operate, report and plan expansion

    Service line

    Asset management

    Outcome

    Long-term performance and value

Advisory — feasibility, market and regulatory studies, and due diligence — available at every phase

Overview of Areen

Areen combines technical expertise and management experience with capital-raising and commercial capabilities, enabling the development and management of infrastructure projects, from origination to operations, with established delivery partners — focused on digital infrastructure and power.

Aisle between rows of illuminated server racks in a data hall

Our mandate

Areen takes infrastructure projects from opportunity to operating asset: it defines the need, proves the case, structures the financing, brings in investors and lenders, and delivers and manages the asset on behalf of its owners — from initial concept through commissioning and operations.

Our positioning

Areen combines Saudi market insight and delivery experience with a network of engineering, technology and capital partners. One accountable partner carries each project through every stage, and Areen's interests stay aligned with those of the investors and owners it works for.

Our foundation

Areen is not a new player: it combines the proven capabilities of its shareholders and partners

How Areen is built: Strategic Gears as shareholder, a delivery and technology network, and a capital network converge into Areen, an infrastructure development and management company.
ShareholderStrategic Gears Management Consultancy

Strategic Gears

Saudi market and management leadership

  • Deep understanding of Saudi priorities and the stakeholder landscape
  • Strategy, business planning and management consulting experience
  • PMO, governance, capital and specialist partner networks
Delivery & technology network

Engineering, EPC & technology partners

Delivery capability for every asset class

  • TAAL Holding as development and delivery partner, with engineering and EPC firms for each asset type
  • Digital specialists — AI data centers, GPU compute and cloud — with Uvation, Nebius and Supermicro within reach
  • Power, grid and cooling specialists, including geothermal cooling
Capital network

Investors and lenders

Funding relationships for every project

  • Established funds and institutional investors with a regional infrastructure track record
  • Relationships with local and international financing institutions
  • Arrangers and placement partners for international capital

Areen — an infrastructure development and management company built on established capabilities

  • Strategy
  • Delivery
  • Capital

How we operate

Areen operates as a developer: it leads each project, invests in its outcome and governs it independently

  1. Areen Holding

    A lean development platform leading origination, structuring, development management and owner-side oversight

  2. Project SPVs

    A dedicated vehicle for each project, with its own investors, partners, financing and contracts

  3. Project partners

    Engineering, EPC, technology, operating and capital partners, each with a defined mandate

Developer role

Accountable for development

  • Areen leads origination, development and owner-side coordination, with specialist partners under defined mandates
  • Areen's responsibilities at each phase are defined in the engagement mandate, through to financial close and operations
  • Clients may appoint Areen for a single service or for end-to-end coordination

Aligned interests

Invested in project outcomes

  • Areen takes a developer's stake in the projects it creates, alongside its investors
  • Areen succeeds only when a project reaches financial close and performs in operation
  • The platform is funded independently of project outcomes, so no single project drives Areen's decisions

Accountability

Independent governance

  • An active Board of Directors, with dedicated non-executive oversight of finance and investment
  • An investment review committee with an independent member assesses every opportunity before commitment
  • Conflicts are declared and recused, and any related-party arrangement is approved separately and disclosed

Clarity for every partner: Areen's role, participation and governance rights are set out in each project's agreements, so investors, lenders and public counterparties know exactly where Areen stands.

Based on Areen Holding's corporate structure and operating model, October 2026. Commercial terms are agreed project by project.

What we cover

Areen focuses on digital infrastructure and power, and selectively develops social infrastructure under PPP

Current focus

Digital infrastructure

AI data centers and AI factories, edge facilities and fiber.

Current focus

Power & energy

Behind-the-meter and on-site power, renewables and storage, district cooling and waste-to-energy, serving data centers, industrial zones and land ports.

Selective

Social infrastructure under PPP

Housing, school and college buildings, long-term care, imaging and nursing facilities, and utilities for industrial zones.

Saudi Arabia is our home market; we take selected international projects.

Current pipeline

Areen's current pipeline spans AI data centers, PPP housing and regional digital infrastructure

ProjectSectorLocationSizeStage
AI data center Digital infrastructure Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia To be confirmed Origination (phase 1 of 4)
Housing development under PPP Social infrastructure Saudi Arabia To be confirmed Origination (phase 1 of 4)
AI data center with a national AI partner Digital infrastructure Saudi Arabia 100 MW Origination (phase 1 of 4)
Housing project for a national energy company Social infrastructure Saudi Arabia To be confirmed Origination (phase 1 of 4)
National e-procurement platform under PPP Digital infrastructure Regional market To be confirmed Origination (phase 1 of 4)

Projects are anonymized. Sizes and stages are indicative and will be confirmed as each project progresses.

Why Areen · 01 Saudi market & multi-sector delivery experience

Areen's shareholders bring Saudi market insight, a 500+ project delivery record and a wide client base across the Kingdom

  • Deep Saudi market understanding

    National priorities, regulatory environment and stakeholder landscape for complex infrastructure projects.

  • Strategy and feasibility

    Market assessments, feasibility studies, business cases and financial models for investment decisions.

  • PMO and delivery experience

    Program governance, stakeholder coordination, implementation planning and delivery oversight.

  • Multi-sector experience

    Government, energy, financial institutions, investment, technology, real estate and industrial development.

Combined credentials in Saudi Arabia at a glance
  • 500+projects
  • 300+clients
  • 300+employees
  • 11sectors
  • 7service lines
A wide base of public-sector clients across Saudi Arabia
Logos of Saudi ministries, authorities and royal commissions served by Areen's shareholders

Clients served by Areen's shareholders. Swipe sideways to see them all.

Why Areen · 02 End-to-end development & delivery

Areen is one accountable partner for landowners, investors and asset owners

  • Landowners & site holders

    Turn a site into an operating asset

    • Areen defines the best use of the site and proves the case
    • Brings the partners, investors and lenders the project needs
    • Delivers and manages the asset while you keep your participation in it
  • Investors & lenders

    Bankable projects, managed end to end

    • Originated and structured projects with a clear business case
    • Owner-side governance through construction and operations
    • Transparent reporting and interests aligned with yours
  • Asset owners & public entities

    Your project, delivered

    • Areen as developer, owner's representative or asset manager
    • Defined deliverables and accountability at every stage
    • No change to your ownership or control

In every case, one accountable partner from the first study to long-term operations.

Why Areen · 03 Capital & commercial strength

Areen combines access to funding with transaction capabilities to make infrastructure projects commercially viable

End-to-end capital and commercial support

Investors and lenders with a track record in relevant projects

  • Access to established funds with experience in relevant investment projects
  • Relationships with local and international investors and financing institutions
  • Experience in supporting investor engagement and project funding structures
  • Broad network across multiple sectors and markets

Transaction and financial advisory capabilities

  • Track record in conducting feasibility studies for complex investment projects
  • Financial models covering CAPEX, OPEX, revenues, returns and sensitivities
  • Commercial due diligence and investment-case development
  • Transaction structuring, valuation and investor-material preparation

Previous clients

Why Areen · 04 Technology & delivery partner ecosystem

Areen's partner network covers every role a project needs, from development and local delivery to AI compute

  1. Construction site with cranes and a building frame

    Development & local delivery

    TAAL HoldingNP Designs · ICW · Maskan Arabia · local contractors

    Develops, designs and builds in the Kingdom: design, engineering, real-estate development and contracting.

    TAAL record: 2,000+ homes delivered, 100+ projects designed, SAR 2bn of real-estate funds structured.

  2. Aerial view of a large campus under development

    EPC & design-build delivery

    • Implenia
    • HRS

    Leads end-to-end design and construction of the asset: site development, architectural and structural design, civil works, construction management, BIM coordination, cost and schedule control, QA and interface management with MEP and technology partners.

  3. Rooftop cooling units and pipework

    MEP systems & commissioning

    • Equans
    • Siemens
    • Schneider Electric
    • Vertiv

    Designs, supplies, installs, integrates and commissions the critical M&E systems: power distribution, UPS, backup generation, precision cooling, fire protection, BMS, controls, monitoring and testing of all mission-critical infrastructure.

  4. Hall of GPU server racks

    Digital & AI compute

    • Nebius

    Defines the AI compute architecture, supplies and deploys NVIDIA GPU infrastructure, integrates compute, storage and networking, configures the AI cloud environment and supports workload onboarding and the transition into live operations.

  5. Electrical substation beside a campus at dusk

    Power & grid infrastructure

    • ABB
    • Hitachi Energy

    Develops the grid connection and HV infrastructure: load studies, connection design, substations, transformers, switchgear, protection and control, grid-code compliance, utility approvals and coordination of energization.

Firms shown are within Areen's delivery network; inclusion does not imply a contractual partnership.

In digital infrastructure, Areen's partner network puts global reach and AI-ready data center capability within reach of every project

Partner network footprint1
  • 14NationsCountries covered by the partner network
  • 20.9GW PowerPower capacity across partner facilities
  • 475FacilitiesFacilities in the partner network

What the network brings to a project

AI-ready data center infrastructure
Bringing power, cooling and GPU density together to support large-scale AI training and inference.
Integrated data center systems
Integrating power, cooling, networking and security into cohesive, AI-ready infrastructure.
Flexible and scalable deployment
Supporting traditional campuses, modular builds and containerized units that scale one module or site at a time.
Managed infrastructure operations
Providing 24/7 operational support and proactive performance engineering for reliable operations.

1 Combined global footprint of Areen's technology and delivery partners; source: Uvation corporate data, 2026. Partner-network figures, not Areen's own capacity.

Through its delivery partners, Areen gives projects access to the world's leading technology providers

Technology ecosystem within reach

  • Intel
  • Dell EMC
  • Microsoft
  • Lenovo
  • HP
  • Oracle
  • Cisco

Logos indicate technologies available through Areen's partner network and do not imply endorsement or a contractual partnership.

In digital infrastructure, Areen connects data center projects with demand and with the GPU capacity they depend on

Demand

Potential-offtaker network

Demand validation and engagement with potential users of data center capacity.

Offtaker segments

  • Cloud and hyperscale providers
  • AI companies and model developers
  • Government and sovereign AI programs
  • Large enterprises and research institutions
  • Telecom and digital service providers

Compute

GPU sourcing

Identification, procurement and deployment of the right GPUs for AI workloads.

How we support

  1. Define technical and capacity requirements
  2. Identify suitable GPU technologies and suppliers
  3. Evaluate procurement, leasing and GPU-as-a-Service options
  4. Coordinate sourcing, delivery and deployment

Available to Areen projects through partners2

  • Vertically integrated AI infrastructure

    Land acquisition, data center engineering, GPU cluster design, networking and managed operations under one delivery framework

  • Current-generation GPU supply

    NVIDIA HGX H200 and Blackwell B300 systems, GPU clusters and turnkey AI factories through the Uvation marketplace

  • Flexible acquisition models

    Purchase, lease and net-term options aligned to each project's deployment and growth plan

  • Sovereign-ready deployments

    Data residency controls, hardened facilities and behind-the-meter power.

2 Source: Uvation corporate site and marketplace (uvation.com), accessed September 2026.

Our leadership

Areen is led by an experienced team spanning strategy, infrastructure development, technology and operations

  • Nasser Alqahtani

    Chairman

  • Salim Albarami

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Ruslan Asfandiyarov

    Infrastructure development & delivery lead

  • Ahmad Abzakh

    Financial Advisor

  • Dr. Qaisar Almutawa

    Legal Advisor

Contact

One accountable partner, from the first study to long-term operations.

Bring a site, a project or capital. Areen defines the need, structures the financing, and delivers and manages the asset.

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