Dubai, UAE — Cross-border investment in data center infrastructure reached a record USD 18 billion in Q1 2026, with modular and prefabricated projects attracting 45% of total capital deployment. Sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East and pension funds from Europe are increasingly targeting modular data center assets.

The Middle East has emerged as a particularly active market, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia investing heavily in modular computing infrastructure to support their AI and smart city initiatives.