UAE cement prices rise 16% as concrete and steel costs climb
Concrete up 10 percent and reinforcement steel 8 percent in 2026, Currie & Brown reports.
Cost of Capital Desk
Corporate and bank funding terms behind infrastructure
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The Energisation Ledger| Project | Country | Location | Type | Developer | Slip, quarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS and HUMAIN AI Zone | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | data centre | AWS and HUMAIN | |
| DataVolt Oxagon data centre campus | Saudi Arabia | Oxagon, NEOM | data centre | DataVolt | |
| Obelisk solar and storage | Egypt | IPP solar | Scatec | ||
| Jaalan Bani Bu Ali Wind IPP | Oman | Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate | IPP wind | EDF power solutions, Al Khadra Partners, OQ Alternative Energy | -4 |
| MEEZA M-Vault 6, 7 and 8 expansion | Qatar | data centre | MEEZA | ||
| Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP | Bahrain | IPP solar | -5 | ||
| Khazna QAJ1 Ajman | United Arab Emirates | Ajman | data centre | Khazna Data Centers | |
| Al Ajban Solar PV | United Arab Emirates | Al Ajban, Abu Dhabi | IPP solar | EDF Renewables, KOWEPO, Masdar |
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