Airtel Nigeria: Lagos

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Eko Atlantic City

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Fully operational facility

Lagos

Metro
Nigeria

Country
Africa

Region
EMEA

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Airtel Nigeria: Lagos

Year Built: 2026

PUE: 1.4

Floors: 6

Total Power

Airtel Nigeria operates a carrier-neutral, hyperscale data center in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, representing a capital investment of over $120 million. This six-story facility, part of the broader Nxtra network, is designed to support the increasing requirements for cloud and AI services within the Nigerian market. The infrastructure houses over 3,000 racks with a power density of 25kW per rack, providing the necessary capacity for high-performance workloads, including GPU-powered AI systems.

Completed in the first quarter of 2026, the facility functions with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of less than 1.4 to optimize energy efficiency. To maintain operational continuity, the data center utilizes redundant power sources fed from multiple substations.

Map and Nearby Locations:

Eko Atlantic City

Airtel Nigeria Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of Airtel Nigeria: Lagos

Distance	Site	About
0.30 miles	Equinix: Lagos LG3	Located in the Victoria Island area, the four-story facility (LG3) will provide 610 square meters (approximately 6,570 square feet) of colocation space.
0.57 miles	Digital Realty: LOS2	LOS2 spans 680 sqm (7,300 sq ft) and is located on Digital Realty's Lagos LOS1 campus in Victoria Island.
0.60 miles	Digital Realty: Lagos LOS1	Digital Realty's Lagos LOS1 data center, located in Victoria Island, was previously known as "Medallion Lagos."
1.81 miles	ADC Lagos LOS1
5.02 miles	OADC: Lagos LOS1	The Equiano sub-sea cable directly connects to LOS1.
10.33 miles	Fringe: Lagos	The Ikoyi Metro EDGE Data Center, launched in January 2026, serves as the flagship node for Fringe Infrastructure’s regional edge platform in Lagos, Nigeria.
11.28 miles	Equinix Lagos LG1	The site was previously known as MDX-i Lagos before being acquired by Equinix in 2021.
12.04 miles	Rack Centre: LGS2	Rack Centre launched its AI-ready LGS2 data center in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2025.
12.05 miles	Rack Centre: Lagos LGS1
14.80 miles	Choice2mobile Technology Ltd
15.17 miles	Digital Realty: LKK2	Digital Realty's LKK2 facility spans nearly 1,205 sqm (13,000 sq ft) of data hall space.
15.20 miles	Digital Realty: Lagos LKK1	Digital Realty’s LKK1 data center in Lagos is a compact facility that spans 260 m² (≈2,800 ft²) and is located at Mopo Onibeju Village, off Ogbombo Road, Lekki.

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Operating Company

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited), a leading mobile telecommunication services provider in Nigeria and a member of Airtel Africa Group, is committed to providing innovative, exciting, affordable and quality mobile services to Nigerians, giving them the freedom to communicate, rise above their daily challenges and drive economic and social development. The company made history on August 5, 2001 by becoming the first telecoms operator to launch commercial GSM services in Nigeria and has scored a series of many "firsts" in the highly competitive Nigerian telecommunications market including the first to introduce toll-free 24-hour customer care; first to launch service in all the six geo-political zones in the country; first to introduce affordable recharge denominations; first to introduce monthly free SMS and first to introduce monthly airtime bonus.

A truly innovative company, Airtel has showed resilience, charting new paths in meeting the demands and needs of its esteemed stakeholders and enhancing distribution as well as providing affordable services to empower more nigerians.

In Nigeria, Airtel is working tirelessly to live up to an ambitious vision of being the most loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians as it offers a superior brand experience and a portfolio of innovative products & services ranging from exciting voice solutions to inventive data packages and mobile broadband.

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