Vertiv has signed a deal with the Moroccan government to help build a 50-megawatt (MW) sovereign data centre in Rabat.
Digital Transition and Administration Reform Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni and Vertiv’s Managing Director for Africa, Wojtek Piorko, signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU).
The agreement supports the Morocco Digital 2030 strategy, the AI Made in Morocco roadmap and the Jazari Root programme.
“Digital infrastructure is a fundamental pillar of Morocco’s digital sovereignty and a key driver for the development of AI, innovation and the modernisation of public services,” Ms El Fallah Seghrouchni said.
“Vertiv’s international expertise will strengthen our work on the conditions needed to develop high-performance, resilient and scalable digital infrastructure that meets Morocco’s future needs.”
“We hope this partnership will open the way for lasting technical exchanges and fruitful cooperation in support of the Kingdom’s digital transformation,” she added.
The data centre will be built in the Technopolis zone in Rabat, close to government institutions. It will host government databases, digital public services, sovereign cloud platforms, AI systems, high-performance computing (HPC) and cybersecurity infrastructure.
The facility is designed with a 50MW IT power capacity, making it one of the largest enterprise-scale data centres in the region. It will be able to support thousands of high-density server racks and a supercomputer for AI and scientific computing.
Vertiv will help design the facility’s power, cooling and digital infrastructure. The company specialises in modular data centres built with factory-made components, allowing projects to be completed faster than traditional construction.
The company will also provide cooling technology for AI servers. Modern AI systems can generate more than 100 kilowatts of heat per server rack.
The project is expected to give government agencies a secure national cloud platform instead of relying on foreign cloud providers. It will also allow AI models to be trained on sensitive data without moving information outside the country.
The Rabat project is one part of a wider digital infrastructure plan. A separate 500MW data centre planned in Dakhla will focus on commercial cloud services and regional data traffic using wind and solar power.
Vertiv is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker VRT. The company operates in more than 130 countries and generates over $10bn in annual revenue. It supplies power systems, cooling equipment and other technology used in data centres around the world.
Its recent projects include AI infrastructure for Digital Realty’s ROM1 data centre in Italy, computing systems for the US Naval Postgraduate School, modular AI-ready data centres in Saudi Arabia, and new liquid cooling manufacturing facilities in Italy and Malaysia.
