Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, a subsidiary of the Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), will install a 290KW solar photovoltaic (PV) system to serve the facility of Khazna Data Centres (Khazna) in Masdar City.
Under the terms of the agreement, Masdars Energy Services unit will install a solar PV system on the car park roof at Khaznas Masdar City facility. The project will serve as a pilot for additional sustainable initiatives at both Khazna facilities in the future.
Khaled Al Qubaisi, CEO for Mubadala Aerospace, Renewables and ICT, who oversees both Masdar and Khazna, said: The UAE is committed to building a sustainable nation of the future, and pursuing bold ambitions aiming to achieve 27% clean energy over the next three years as part of the UAE 2021 Vision. Mubadala and its subsidiaries are committed to supporting this vision, and are always looking at ways to adopt clean energy technology. This project between Masdar and Khazna is another step forward for our sustainability plans, with more projects like this to come in future.
Masdar CEO, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, said: This partnership is an example of the synergy between Mubadalas subsidiaries and capitalises on Masdars holistic expertise in renewable energy. It also shows our commitment to helping the tenants of Masdar City access the commercial benefits of clean technology by reducing their utility bills.
Highlighting how this agreement fits into the long-term strategy of his company, Hassan Al Naqbi added: Data centres have significant power consumption needs, and this new initiative represents a first step in Khaznas long-term strategy of becoming a greener, sustainable facility. Not only will this support our environmental priorities and commitment to social responsibility in Abu Dhabi, it also makes commercial sense for our company and our end users — by increasing energy efficiency and lowering costs.
Khazna, the only dedicated commercial wholesale data centre provider in the UAE, safeguards mission-critical data using the highest levels of security and operational reliability. They provide industry benchmark levels of the power supply and cooling services to better serve the growing need for data centre operations in the UAE and wider region.
Their Masdar City data centre is designed to be 40% more energy efficient than a typical data centre in the UAE. The new facilities will also target a Pearl 3 rating as per the Estidama system, the Abu Dhabis Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities green building code.