IXAfrica buys 11 acres for second Nairobi data center facility
August 15, 2023
Nairobi
PAIX Nairobi-1
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Britam Tower
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PAIX Nairobi is located at the Britam Tower in the central business district of Upper Hill, the financial hub of East and Central Africa.
The facility is approximately 25 minutes away from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
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Sites within 15 miles of PAIX Nairobi-1
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 4.11 miles | ADC Nairobi NBO1 |
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| 5.45 miles | iXAfrica: NBOX1.2 |
NBOX1.2 is the second phase of development for iXAfrica's Nairobi campus.
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| 5.46 miles | iXAfrica: Nairobi NBOX1 |
The Nairobi campus sits on a 4.3 acres site on Mombasa Road, a major highway with access to all subsea cables.
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| 5.66 miles | Digital Realty: NBO2 | |
| 5.66 miles | Digital Realty: Nairobi NBO1 |
The Nairobi One (NBO1) campus opened in September 2019.
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| 7.05 miles | Safaricom: Arena | |
| 11.50 miles | Safaricom: Limuru |
Safaricom has completed the second phase of its Tier III-standard data center located in Redhill, Limuru.
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| 15.08 miles | iXAfrica: Tilisi NBOX2 |
IXAfrica has secured 11 acres of land for its second data center campus in Nairobi, Kenya, in a partnership with Tilisi Developments plc.
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PAIX Data Centres is a Pan-African provider of cloud and carrier neutral colocation data centre services and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. PAIX is the acronym for “Pan African Internet Exchange data centres”. PAIX was founded in 2016 by a team of data centre, telecom industry and investment professionals with a track record in the African market. In its data centre operations, PAIX aims to offer a leading global quality of service to its national and international customer base across the African continent.
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