Nairobi Data Center Market

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The Nairobi data center market is located in the country of Kenya within EMEA. Nairobi has 12 facilities.

The top providers in Nairobi are iXAfrica Data Centres (2 sites) and Microsoft Azure with 1 facility . The most popular facilities are Digital Realty: Nairobi NBO1 and Digital Realty: NBO2.

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Nairobi Data Center Map

Nairobi Power Growth Over Time

+174% since 2022
Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
In Doubt
Withdrawn
Currently Operational
across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
Planned / Prospective
NN Request Dataset sites announced, but haven't started construction

Data Centers in Nairobi

Name Company Size Status Type
Digital Realty: Nairobi NBO1 Digital Realty Trust Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Digital Realty: NBO2 Digital Realty Trust Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
South Microsoft Azure Large Construction, Planned Hyperscale
ADC Nairobi NBO1 Africa Data Centres Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
PAIX Nairobi-1 PAIX Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Olkaria EcoCloud: Project Eagle Olkaria EcoCloud Data Centre In Doubt Carrier-Neutral
iXAfrica: Nairobi NBOX1 iXAfrica Data Centres Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
iXAfrica: NBOX1.2 iXAfrica Data Centres Medium Construction Carrier-Neutral
iXAfrica: Tilisi NBOX2 iXAfrica Data Centres Large Planned Carrier-Neutral
Safaricom: Limuru Safaricom PLC Small Construction, Operational Mobile
Safaricom: Arena Safaricom PLC Extra Small Operational Mobile
Safaricom: Thika Safaricom PLC Extra Small Operational Mobile

Largest Providers in Nairobi

iXAfrica Data Centres
Site
Power
Operational
1
4.5
Construction
1
Planned
1
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
2
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Microsoft Azure
Site
Power
Operational
0
0.0
Construction
1
Planned
1
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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Africa Data Centres
Site
Power
Operational
1
7.5
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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Safaricom PLC
Site
Power
Operational
3
6.0
Construction
1
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
4
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Largest Data Centers in Nairobi

Location Total SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW)
ADC Nairobi NBO1 16,146 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
iXAfrica: Nairobi NBOX1 17,793 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
Digital Realty: Nairobi NBO1 20,000 SqFt
6,717 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
Digital Realty: NBO2 11,811 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
PAIX Nairobi-1 7,535 SqFt
NN Request Dataset

Sites Under Construction in Nairobi

Location Building SqFt Power (MW) Estimated Launch
West SqFt 20 Megawatts Q4 2026
iXAfrica: NBOX1.2 SqFt 18 Megawatts Q1 2027
Olkaria EcoCloud: Project Eagle SqFt 0 Megawatts Q2 2026

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Sep 7 - Sep 10

Datacloud Africa x ITW Africa 2026

Datacloud Africa is the Africa edition of the Datacloud series, co-located with International Telecoms Week (ITW) Africa. The 2026 edition runs September 7-10, 2026 at the Radisson Blu, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya, and brings together digital infrastructure and connectivity leaders from across the...
Radisson Blu, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya

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Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya.

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