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Data centers in Askar

Askar has 3 data centers listed on DataColoc, operated notably by Global Zone, Manama Internet Exchange (MN-IX), Amazon.com, Inc.. Compare colocation (rack, half-rack, 1U), pricing, certifications and connectivity, then get an instant costed estimate.

Server colocation in Askar (server housing) means installing your own servers in a rack or cabinet (42U) inside a secure data center: redundant power, cooling, 24/7 security and multi-carrier connectivity. DataColoc lists 3 data centers offering colocation in Askar, including Global Zone, Manama Internet Exchange (MN-IX), Amazon.com, Inc..

Frequently asked questions

How much does a rack (colocation) cost in Askar?

a full rack is priced on electrical power (kVA), IP transit and cross-connects. Compare the 3 data centers in Askar to get a costed quote.

What is the difference between housing and colocation?

None: “housing” and “colocation” mean the same thing — hosting your own servers in a third-party data center, as opposed to renting a dedicated server or public cloud.

Which data centers in Askar are ISO 27001 certified?

Filter by certification (ISO 27001, HDS, PCI-DSS) in the comparator to keep only compliant sites.

Learn the basics: colocation, 42U rack, cross-connect, IP transit, Tier III/IV.

Costed answers: how much does a rack cost?, cross-connect pricing, colocation or cloud? — and the colocation price barometer.

What does a rack in Askar really cost?

Beyond listed prices, here is the computed cost of a standard 5 kW rack in Askar, from our open market model (published method, version 2026.07-v1):

ItemEstimate
5 kW rack, per month€914 – €1,122
Cost per kW per month€162 – €200
Over 3 years (36 months)€32,904 – €40,392

What this covers: local industrial energy tariff, site efficiency (PUE), retail colocation margin and local market tightness. What it does not: IP transit, cross-connects, setup fees and PDUs — priced site by site in the comparator.

An estimate, not an offer. It is a model, with an open method and a version — not a contractual rate. A quote prices your actual configuration. Think the model is wrong? The method is published: tell us where.

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Global Zone Askar

Global Zone
4 networks present
on quote

Global Zone

Manama Internet Exchange (MN-IX) · BH
1 networks present
on quote

AWS Bahrain DC53 MMR

Amazon.com, Inc.
1 networks present
on quote

What Askar allows

Askar has 3 data centers, operated by Global Zone, Manama Internet Exchange (MN-IX), Amazon.com, Inc..

Connectivity from Askar

4 networks are listed at the sites in Askar according to public interconnection registries. That number drives your negotiating power: every carrier inside the building is one more quote, with no civil works. 1 Internet exchange point is reachable from these sites, which cuts latency to the large content networks and the cost of transit. The large networks reachable directly from these sites, without buying transit, are Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft Azure, Meta: they are present at the exchange point where one site in the city is a point of presence. Reaching your cloud over an exchange point rather than the public Internet changes latency, and above all the price of data egress.

Compliance and sovereignty

Note: part of the operation falls under a US-jurisdiction company, hence under the CLOUD Act. Hosting in Europe is not enough to escape it: what counts is the provider's nationality, not the building's address.

The electricity behind Askar

A city has no electricity of its own: the sites in Askar are connected to the national grid, itself interconnected with its neighbours. What is measured, and what decides, is therefore the country's generation mix. That grid draws 99.7% of its electricity from natural gas (2024). The detail: natural gas 99.7%. Fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil) account for 99.7% of it. A kilowatt-hour there weighs 902 g of CO2, i.e. 2 times the world average (458 g), 2024 figure. Concretely: a 3 kVA rack, in a site with a PUE of 1.5, draws 35,478 kWh a year and therefore emits 32 tonnes of CO2 a year here. The same rack, same hardware, same PUE, would emit 16 tonnes on a world-average grid. The building has nothing to do with it: the country does.

Source: Ember / Energy Institute via Our World in Data, retrieved 2026-09-14. A site under a direct renewable purchase agreement may show a different balance: that is for the operator to declare.

What the ground has done under Askar

No earthquake of magnitude 5 or above has been recorded within 200 km of Askar since 1970, according to the US Geological Survey's global catalog. This record covers 56 years, which is short on a seismic timescale: no recorded earthquake does not mean no hazard. It does not replace the statutory zoning, which alone binds construction.

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS ComCat, retrieved 2026-09-14. Measured from the median coordinates of the city's sites.

What Askar does not allow

No rate is published by the operators in this city: pricing is on request, and we do not estimate it on their behalf.

Other cities with data centers near Askar

The nearest site outside Askar is 21 km away, in Manama (2 sites). Short distances matter: they drive the cost of a link between two buildings, and whether a backup site is workable.

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