Morocco goes big on AI: The UK’s Nexus Core Systems and its partners are building a USD 1.2 bn AI data center project in Morocco’s Nouaceur — designed to scale to 500 MW. The facility will run on renewable power from Taqa Morocco and deploy Nvidia’s Blackwell GB200 chips, with Naver Cloud set to operate the platform.

Location, location, and location: Morocco has already allocated 666 hectares in Nouaceur for major industrial projects, including data centers. Orange Maroc previously launched a 1.5 MW Orange Tech data center in the Casablanca area to support its B2B and cloud services offering.

Why this matters

It has a geographic edge: While Morocco would still trail the UAE and Saudi Arabia in scale, its advantage lies in geography and positioning — a Europe-facing site with renewable power and industrial land, rather than a direct bid to compete with the Gulf on size.

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