Turkish e-commerce company Trendyol has entered into a partnership with Castle Investments, a company founded by Mr. Tarek Al Ashram, one of the region’s foremost figures in data center development, to develop and operate a cutting-edge data center in Ankara.
The strategic partnership has been formalized through the signing of a Shareholders’ Agreement (SHA) to design, develop, and operate Ankara Data Hub, a 48 MW IT capacity data center that will be one of the largest and most advanced in the region. The facility will be Uptime Tier III certified and will incorporate the latest technologies and world-class operational standards to meet the evolving needs of hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and local enterprises.
Trendyol will occupy a significant portion of the data center’s capacity, underlining its desire to support its local and international activities with cutting edge technology services. The data center’s remaining capacity will be commercially available to other major cloud players and enterprise customers in the future.
With a total development cost of approximately USD500 million, the first phase comprising 9.6 MW of IT capacity is scheduled to go live by Q3 2026. The construction is actively underway in Temelli, Ankara progressing in line with the anticipated delivery milestones.
Çağlayan Çetin, President of Trendyol Group, said, “Trendyol’s leadership is built on its world-class technological solutions and smart data applications. The Ankara Data Center project will significantly enhance the quality of service we offer to our rapidly growing local and international customer base, and represents further evidence of our commitment to investing in Türkiye and our confidence in the country’s strong digital ecosystem.”
“This partnership represents a major step forward in shaping the future of digital infrastructure in the region,” said Tarek Al Ashram, CEO of Castle Investments. “Combining our extensive track record in delivering mission-critical data center facilities with Trendyol’s technological leadership and digital scale in Türkiye will make the Ankara Data Hub an iconic project and a new regional benchmark.”
The partnership was formalised in a signing ceremony in Dubai with Çağlayan Çetin, President of Trendyol Group and Tarek Al Ashram, CEO of Castle Investments, in the presence of His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications, and Mustafa Varank, Chair of the Committee on Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and head of the Türkiye–United Arab Emirates Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group.
