Aramex has launched a dedicated logistics division for data center construction and operations, targeting the AI infrastructure boom across the GCC, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and the US South.
The service, called Aramex Data Center Logistics, addresses what the company describes as a fragmentation problem in how large-scale data center projects currently move cargo.
“A data center is only as fast as its slowest delivery. The companies building AI capacity work to dates that cannot move, with equipment made on one continent and installed on another. Moving that cargo across borders, on time and intact, is exactly what Aramex is built for. Data Center Logistics puts that strength behind one of the most demanding build-outs of our time, and marks an important step in Aramex’s growth as a global logistics company,” Amadou Diallo, Group Chief Executive Officer of Aramex said in a statement..
Today, a typical build relies on separate forwarders, customs brokers, heavy-haul firms and installers, with no single party responsible for the full chain. A delay or damaged shipment at any point can push back a go-live date by weeks.
The new offering covers four stages: construction-phase deliveries of transformers, switchgear, generators and chillers, including oversized loads tracked against build schedules; compute equipment such as AI server racks moved by charter flight or secured road transport from factories in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Mexico, the US and Europe; white-glove handling inside the data hall at point of installation; and an aftermarket tier covering spare parts, replacements and returns once facilities are live.
The scale of the cargo involved makes the logistics unusually demanding. A single crated AI rack weighs around 1.75 metric tons, carries a value of several million dollars, is subject to export controls and can sustain damage in transit without leaving a visible mark on the crate. Major infrastructure components such as transformers and chillers can take a year or more to arrive on site from order, and must land in step with construction timelines that carry no slack.
Every shipment under the new service travels under a documented process, with sensors sealed inside the crate tracking shock, tilt, temperature and humidity from origin factory to signed handover at the data center.
Aramex operates the GCC’s largest logistics network by its own account, with more than 7,000 people and owned stations, warehouses, trucks and customs teams across every market in the region. In Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, the US and Europe, the company works directly with equipment manufacturers, which it says means one party is accountable at both ends of the journey.
Aramex is listed on the Dubai Financial Market under the ticker ARMX.
