What this guide is for
Your company launches a PPP program to build and run the data centers, government cloud and AI compute that public-private partnership (PPP) projects and public services depend on.
The case
Data center companies build the digital layer of every asset
Governments have mostly kept their data in server rooms inside ministries, and private data centers sold space to whoever came. The infrastructure of the next fifty years will think, sense and pay through data centers, and the companies that build sovereign capacity now will run the digital layer of the country for as long as the contracts last. This guide invites data center companies in Jordan to launch a PPP program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Power the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity with compute
Your company opens a dedicated PPP program, a team and a set of offers that build and run data centers, government cloud and AI compute under long contracts, starting with Jordan’s $86 billion of projects and the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba.
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A PPP data center team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every project in Jordan’s pipeline from the first market sounding and decides early where the company’s capacity can serve it.
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Government cloud
Ministries, authorities and municipalities can move their systems into secure, Jordan-based data centers that the company builds and runs under an availability contract, paid for performance and uptime.
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AI compute
Clusters of AI chips, hosted in Jordan, can serve universities, ministries, startups and the operators of every concession, so models trained on Jordanian data stay inside the country.
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Data-center-led direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. A data center company can design a project around what it knows, such as a sovereign AI campus, a disaster recovery site or a data center powered by its own solar plant, and propose it with partners who finance and build it.
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Pilots as small-scale PPPs
PPP Regulation No. 9 of 2024 defines small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, which can be bundled into one feasibility report and one tender. An edge data center for a city, a hospital group or a port at that scale gives the company a live concession and a reference.
Why data center companies
Data center companies build the digital layer of every asset
A road, a water network or a hospital now runs on software, sensors and data. The data centers that hold that data and run that software are infrastructure in their own right, and they suit the long contracts and steady payments of a PPP.
Where data center companies fit in a PPP
- Preparation
- Data rooms, digital twins and modelling capacity for the studies behind each project.
- Tender
- Secure platforms for bids, evaluations and records that every party can trust.
- Financial close
- Data centers and cloud contracts that are bankable assets in their own right.
- Operation
- Hosting for the AI, sensors and control systems that run every concession.
- Exit
- Data center stakes that infrastructure funds and tokenized note holders can buy.
Sovereign compute is now national infrastructure
Governments everywhere want their citizens’ data and their AI models kept inside the country. Jordan can meet that need with data centers built and run by Jordanian companies under long contracts, paid for availability, security and uptime, the same way a power plant or a water network is paid.
Why a program, and why now
Demand for AI compute is rising faster than new capacity can be built, and the first sovereign data center contracts in each country are being signed now. A program gives a data center company a team, a pipeline and the partners to act first, and the company that wins Jordan’s first government cloud and AI compute PPPs will set the standard for the rest.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Data Center Companies in Jordan for the infrastructure singularity
This free 17-page guide shows how, with small PPPs in parallel, PPP research labs, artificial intelligence, robotics, tokenization and six first steps.
Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
Every one of them will produce data that needs to be stored, processed and kept inside Jordan. A Jordanian data center company that runs one PPP at home can carry the same model to the next government and city across the region.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI is the largest new source of demand for data centers. Every concession that uses AI to plan, operate and maintain its assets will need compute close to the asset and models that keep sensitive data inside Jordan. A data center company can sell that compute to operators, ministries and universities and use AI to run its own cooling, power and security more efficiently.
Robotics
Robots and drones produce streams of video and sensor data that must be processed in real time. A data center company can host the edge sites and platforms that robotic contractors and inspectors use, and it can use robots inside its own halls to monitor equipment and swap hardware around the clock.
Tokenization
Tokenization can open data center finance to many investors. Stakes in a data hall or an AI cluster can be offered as tokenized notes, paid from long contracts with government and tenants, and the same data centers can host the registries that record every tokenized PPP in Jordan.
Small PPPs and research labs
Every PPP research lab needs compute for its models, sensors and robots. A data center company can host the labs’ data and AI workloads, publish the performance of every pilot and carry the pilots that work into larger contracts for edge sites and government cloud.
Unsolicited proposals
A direct proposal lets a data center company bring a sovereign cloud, an AI campus or an edge network to a ministry or municipality as a project of its own. It can protect the design behind it and keep the right to match the best offer at tender.
The program
How the program could work
The program can sit inside the company’s commercial and engineering teams, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from the capacity the company already runs.
- PPP team
- A small team of commercial, engineering, security and finance people that covers every PPP in Jordan’s pipeline.
- Government cloud
- Secure hosting for ministries, authorities and municipalities under availability contracts.
- AI compute
- AI clusters for universities, startups, ministries and the operators of every concession.
- Edge sites
- Small data centers at ports, hospitals, campuses and cities, close to the assets they serve.
- Direct proposals
- Data center projects proposed under Article 15 and prepared with partners who can finance and build them.
- Pilots
- Small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, such as edge sites and disaster recovery centers.
- Partners
- Agreements with power and telecom companies, chip and server makers, developers, banks and infrastructure funds.
What the company gains
The company gains long contracts with government and concession operators, steady revenue backed by availability payments and a growing base of AI and cloud customers inside every project it serves.
It also gains a central place in Jordan’s digital future. The company that hosts the country’s government cloud and AI compute will run the systems every other PPP depends on, in Jordan and across the region.
Next steps
How a data center company can start
Any data center company in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the sites, capacity and partners the company already has.
01
Mandate
Board approval for a PPP program, with its services, its sites and its first-year goals.
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Team
A named program lead, with commercial, engineering, security and finance people drawn from the company’s existing teams.
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Pipeline
A map of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects by sector and stage, and the ministries and operators that will need hosting and compute.
04
Capacity
A plan for government cloud, AI compute and edge sites, with the power and connectivity each will need.
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Partners
Power and telecom companies, chip and server makers, developers, banks and infrastructure funds.
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Pilot
A first edge data center or data-center-led direct proposal, taken from idea to submission.
Jordan has the projects, the engineers and a law that lets a company propose its own. A PPP program puts your data centers at the center of how the superintelligent infrastructure future thinks, senses and stores what it knows.
The full document
Inside this guide
Seventeen pages and thirteen chapters, from the case for a PPP program to the first steps, written for data center companies in Jordan.
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01Introduction
Why a century of infrastructure needs rebuilding, and the $500 trillion it will take.
Page 3 of 17
02The guide
Power the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity with compute
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03Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
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04Artificial intelligence
How AI designs, structures and runs PPP projects, and what it means for data center companies.
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05Robotics
How robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for data center companies.
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06Tokenization
How tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for data center companies.
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07Small PPPs in parallel
Why many small PPPs teach a country faster than a few large ones.
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08PPP research labs
A lab in each sector, running ten small PPP projects a year.
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09Unsolicited proposals
How Jordan’s PPP law accepts direct proposals from private companies.
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10Why data center companies
Data center companies build the digital layer of every asset
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11The program
The program can sit inside the company’s commercial and engineering teams, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from the capacity the company already runs.
Page 14 of 17
12About
About Jordan PPP and what it offers.
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13Next steps
How a data center company can start: six first steps.
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Questions
Questions about the guide for Data Center Companies in Jordan
- What does the guide for Data Center Companies in Jordan propose?
- Your company launches a PPP program to build and run the data centers, government cloud and AI compute that public-private partnership (PPP) projects and public services depend on.
- Why should data center companies in Jordan launch a PPP program?
- Data center companies build the digital layer of every asset. A road, a water network or a hospital now runs on software, sensors and data. The data centers that hold that data and run that software are infrastructure in their own right, and they suit the long contracts and steady payments of a PPP.
- Which PPP projects can data center companies in Jordan take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Every one of them will produce data that needs to be stored, processed and kept inside Jordan. A Jordanian data center company that runs one PPP at home can carry the same model to the next government and city across the region.
- How can data center companies in Jordan start a PPP program?
- Any data center company in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the sites, capacity and partners the company already has. The guide sets out six first steps: mandate, team, pipeline, capacity, partners and pilot.
- What does a PPP program give data center companies in Jordan?
- The company gains long contracts with government and concession operators, steady revenue backed by availability payments and a growing base of AI and cloud customers inside every project it serves.
- Is the guide for Data Center Companies in Jordan free?
- Yes. It is free to read on this page and free to download as a 17-page PDF, with the case for a PPP program, Jordan’s pipeline, the role of AI, robotics and tokenization, the program and six first steps.
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