{"id":94417,"date":"2026-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/?p=94417"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:40:29","slug":"morocco-lines-up-a-bigger-ai-infrastructure-play-in-nouaceur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/04\/06\/morocco-lines-up-a-bigger-ai-infrastructure-play-in-nouaceur\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco lines up a bigger AI infrastructure play in Nouaceur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong>Morocco goes big on AI: <\/strong>The UK\u2019s Nexus Core Systems and its partners are building a USD 1.2 bn AI data center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/04\/285780\/data-center-mega-project-worth-over-1-billion-mad-planned-in-nouaceur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project<\/a> in Morocco\u2019s Nouaceur \u2014 designed to scale to 500 MW. The facility will run on renewable power from Taqa Morocco and deploy Nvidia\u2019s Blackwell GB200 chips, with Naver Cloud set to operate the platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong>Location, location, and location: <\/strong>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/orange-maroc-opens-15mw-data-center-in-casablanca\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data center<\/a> in the Casablanca area to support its B2B and cloud services offering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Why this matters<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong>It has a geographic edge: <\/strong>While Morocco would still trail the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/06\/12\/g42s-khazna-partners-up-with-nvidia-to-build-data-centers-in-the-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAE<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/02\/12\/datavolt-to-invest-usd-5-bn-in-green-data-center-in-saudi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> in scale, its advantage lies in geography and positioning \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yabiladi.com\/articles\/details\/191563\/data-center-project-morocco-clears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe-facing site<\/a> with renewable power and industrial land, rather than a direct bid to compete with the Gulf on size.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project facility is designed to scale to 500 MW, run on renewable power from Taqa 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