Equinix-owned MainOne this week announced the launch of its new Tier III-quality data center in the Village of ICT & Biotechnology of Côte d'Ivoire in Grand Bassam, on the outskirts of Abidjan. Abayomi Adebanjo, regional business head at MainOne, said, “As we round up the year, [we are] ex...

The MainOne subsidiary in Ghana, MDXi Appolonia, recently received its Tier III constructed facility certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute. MainOne is an Equinix company. With the top four certifications in the sector, including the Tier III Constructed Facility certification, TCCF, t...

MDXi Appolonia, the data center subsidiary of MainOne, an Equinix company, has announced that it had received Tier III Constructed Facility certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute. The facility features private data center suites, enterprise-grade 24×7 multi-level security and video su...

MaineOne has announced the opening of its second facility in Lagos, Nigeria. The West African data center firm recently acquired by Equinix opened the Lekki II data center earlier in the week. MDXi, a subsidiary of MainOne, first announced it was developing the data center in October last y...

Equinix has announced that it is acquiring West Africa’s data center company MainOne for $320 million. The acquisition sees Equinix expand its operations into Africa for the first time. Funke Opeke founded MainOne in 2010 through its MDXi brand. The company has three data centers in operati...