Sectors · 04

Data Centres

The Gulf's AI infrastructure build-out is a power and construction challenge as much as a technology one. Its scarcest resource is people who have commissioned critical environments before.

US$51bn
Forecast Middle East data centre construction investment, 2026–2031
3×
Regional capacity growth: from 1GW to 3.3GW by 2030
1GW
Stargate UAE AI cluster in Abu Dhabi, first 200MW live in 2026
US$15bn
Microsoft's commitment to UAE digital infrastructure
The market

Announced gigawatts must become commissioned gigawatts

Stargate UAE, HUMAIN's Saudi campuses and a wave of hyperscaler commitments have made the Gulf one of the fastest-growing data centre markets in the world. But a data centre is, at heart, a power infrastructure project. Its delivery is gated by MEP engineering, HV connections and critical-environment commissioning.

Those disciplines overlap almost completely with our power and grid talent network, which is why data centres are a natural INYA practice. The established specialist recruiters sit in Europe and North America; the projects are here. We close that gap.

Data hall server racks
What we deliver

Data centre disciplines we mobilise

01

CSA & Construction

Civil, structural and architectural engineers, construction managers and package managers with hyperscale delivery experience.

02

MEP Engineering

Mechanical, electrical and public health engineers across design, installation and supervision: the core of every data centre programme.

03

Commissioning (Cx)

Commissioning managers, Cx agents and level 1–5 commissioning specialists for critical environments, globally the sector's rarest skill set.

04

Operations & Critical Facilities

Critical facilities managers, shift engineers and operations teams for facilities entering service.

Building or operating capacity in the Gulf?

Commissioning talent decides whether your ready-for-service date holds. Let's plan it early.

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