Data-center law in Jordan

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-06

Jordan has no data-center-specific siting, permitting, or utility statute; a data-center project is governed by the general investment framework of the Investment Environment Law, Law No. 21 of 2022. The Law defines an eligible 'Economic Activity' to include an information technology activity, alongside industrial, commercial, agricultural, service, tourism, and creative-industry activity, but excludes banking, money exchange, and other regulated professional activities.

Outside a Development Zone or a Free Zone, Article 9 exempts an Economic Activity's fixed assets, production requirements, and inputs from customs duties, and Article 13 lets the Council of Ministers adopt further incentives, including subsidizing energy and water costs and supporting renewable energy projects, in any region of the Kingdom.

Chapter Four lets the Council of Ministers establish a Development Zone or a Free Zone by decision, transferring the zone's land to the Ministry and channeling registration and licensing of an enterprise operating there through the Ministry; a Registered Enterprise inside a Development Zone benefits from a reduced 7% sales tax on services sold for consumption there, a general sales tax at zero-rate on goods and services it purchases or imports for its activity, and customs-duty exemption on construction materials, machinery, and equipment used to build and equip its project.

No provision read addresses electrical-grid interconnection capacity, environmental review, or air-emissions permitting specifically for a data center or any other Economic Activity.