As AI Data Center Investment Heads Toward $31.6 Trillion, Mindstream Energy Builds Where the Power Already Exists

PwC outlook highlights power availability, sovereign hosting, connectivity, and government policy as key drivers of future AI infrastructure

HOUSTON and AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As artificial intelligence drives one of the largest historical infrastructure investment cycles, Mindstream Energy is advancing its Al-Risha Sovereign AI and Digital Infrastructure Campus in Jordan around a simple principle: Build Compute Where the Energy Exists.

PwC's Global Data Centre Outlook 2026–2050 projects approximately $31.6 trillion in cumulative global data center capital investment through 2050, with annual spending increasing from about $800 billion in 2026 to $1.8 trillion by 2050.

Relevant to Mindstream Energy, PwC identifies power availability as a leading factor determining where future AI infrastructure will be developed, along with connectivity, security, sovereign hosting requirements, access to advanced computing technology, and policy certainty.

"AI infrastructure is rapidly becoming an energy challenge as much as a computing challenge," said Mark F. Thimmig, Chairman and CEO of Mindstream Energy. "Capital and access to GPUs are not enough if reliable power, land, connectivity, and government support are unavailable. At Al-Risha, we started with the energy source and built the infrastructure strategy outward from there."

Mindstream Energy is developing a 245-acre energy-backed digital infrastructure campus at the Al-Risha Gas Field, designed to scale toward 400 megawatts of AI, high-performance computing, and advanced digital infrastructure with a 70 MW launch by the 2nd Quarter of 2027.

Our long-term natural gas supply agreement with Jordan's NPC, on-site power generation, government incentives, fiber connectivity, and modular deployment strategy will expand capacity with customer demand.

PwC also projects that the Middle East could attract approximately $1.1 trillion in data center investment through 2050, supported by the region's ability to coordinate energy, capital, land, infrastructure planning, and government policy.

"The Middle East has an opportunity to bring together energy, land, infrastructure, and policy in a coordinated development environment," Thimmig said. "Jordan adds political stability, strategic geography, and growing commitment to sovereign digital infrastructure."

The PwC outlook also highlights the increasing importance of sovereign AI and data-residency requirements, as governments and enterprises seek greater control over where critical data is stored, and AI workloads are processed.

Mindstream's Al-Risha platform is being designed to support sovereign AI, high-performance computing, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, digital asset computing and other advanced compute applications within dedicated environments supported by independent power, secure telecommunications, and physical security.

Mindstream has assembled a growing strategic ecosystem spanning AI infrastructure, compute hardware, power engineering, cooling, fiber connectivity, digital asset computing, insurance and risk management, with 22 companies already engaged in discussion and planning.

"The question is no longer simply whether you can build a data center," Thimmig said. "The question is whether you can secure hundreds of megawatts of reliable energy at a low cost, deploy quickly, connect globally, operate economically, and provide the level of sovereignty and resilience increasingly required by governments and major enterprises."

"The PwC outlook reinforces the strategy we have pursued from the beginning," Thimmig added. "The next generation of AI infrastructure will increasingly move toward locations where energy is available, economics are attractive, and governments understand the strategic importance of compute. That is the opportunity we are building at Al-Risha."

About Mindstream Energy

Mindstream Energy develops energy-backed digital infrastructure supporting Sovereign AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced computing workloads. Its Al-Risha Sovereign AI & Digital Infrastructure Campus in Jordan combines energy availability, modular infrastructure, global connectivity, and advanced technology relationships. For information, capacity requirements, strategic partnerships, or investor inquiries, visit www.mindstreamenergy.com or contact [email protected]. 

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