A 500 MW hyperscale data center for Artificial Intelligence is being envisaged in the occupied territory. 

 A company from the UAE is set to develop a new controversial wind farm in occupied Western Sahara later this year.

The following overview enlists stock-exchange registered companies with current or recent operations in occupied Western Sahara. Updated 8 July 2025.

Windmill components for yet another controversial windfarm are now arriving in the occupied territory.

The firms are to construct 1,200 MW of wind power capacity in occupied Western Sahara, and a 1,400 km transmission line to transport the electricity to Morocco proper – assisting the North African kingdom in its blatant violation of international law and Saharawi rights.

The Belgian-related UAE company Dahamco is to invest several billion dollars in a highly problematic energy project on occupied territory. 

Up to 81% of all land that the Moroccan government has allocated for new, gigantic plans for renewable energy, green hydrogen and ammonia, is located outside of Morocco's international borders, in occupied Western Sahara.  

In early July, WSRW contacted the energy companies that are pre-qualified to build windmills in occupied Western Sahara. The response has been meager.

The Moroccan government's plans to develop wind farms in occupied Western Sahara have drawn the interest of 16 international companies.

The Moroccan state electricity company ONE last year launched a tender to find a company to take on the construction of power plants in occupied Western Sahara. WSRW has got the lists of the 21 companies which are prequalified. The companies, from a dozen countries worldwide, are these days being contacted by WSRW, with an appeal to withdraw from the tender.