Dubai airport vertiport completes energy and digital systems
VDX near DXB reached technical completion in April and was certified for eVTOL operations in July.
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Schneider Electric said on 19 October that it had delivered the electrical and digital backbone for VDX, a vertiport beside Dubai International Airport. WAM reported that the site reached technical completion in April 2026 and was certified for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) operations in July.
The facility is designed for up to 170,000 passengers a year. Schneider expects energy savings of up to 25% once the site is fully operational; that figure is a forecast, not a result from full operations.
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Capacity and energy forecast
Reported VDX design capacity and full-operation forecast.
- Designed annual capacity
- ≤0.17 million passengers
- 2026-10-19 · Target
- Expected energy savings
- ≤25 percent
- 2026-10-19 · Forecast
Methodology
Design capacity is a target; energy savings are a company forecast for full operations. The scope is the named Dubai/UAE/Abu Dhabi programme or utility as stated in the source.
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- Energy and resourceSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: energywww.wam.ae ↗
- Science and technologySuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: digitalwww.wam.ae ↗
- Infrastructure projectsSuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlywww.wam.ae ↗
- Air transportSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: airportwww.wam.ae ↗
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- United Arab Emirates · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredwww.wam.ae ↗
- Dubai · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Place role: Place mentioned by source · Place type: City · Location precision: Approximate
55.28, 25.252222 (longitude, latitude)
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