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Equinix acquired MainOne, including its MDXi data center subsidiary, for $320 million in December 2021, marking Equinix's first expansion into the African continent and bringing three operational data centers into its portfolio.
MainOne, a subsidiary of Main Street Technologies, was founded in 2010 to manage the building and operation of the privately funded Main One Cable System, stretching from Portugal to South Africa. Using the open access fiber backbone, the company soon diversified into colocation, managed hosting and cloud services.
In 2013, MainOne announced it would build a data center in Lagos that would be reliable enough to attract multinational companies which operate in Nigeria, but currently prefer do host their data outside the country.
MDX-i Data Center is a MainOne Company registered in Nigeria as MainData Nigeria Limited (MDXi). In January 2015, MDXi launched its flagship data centre project “MDXi Lekki” with the sole purpose of developing a hub for key intercontinental connectivity while serving as the primary point for traffic aggregation in West Africa. MDXI’s Lekki data centre is currently the largest purpose built data centre in the entire West Africa.
November 07, 2023 MainOne MDX-i
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]...
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March 01, 2023 MainOne MDX-i
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, the...
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December 07, 2022 MainOne MDX-i
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...
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April 08, 2022 MainOne MDX-i
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 year....
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December 07, 2021 MainOne MDX-i
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 operation in...
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October 12, 2021 MainOne MDX-i
MDXi, a MainOne company, has announced that four months after the launch of its Tier III facility in Appolonia City, Accra, Ghana, it is expanding its data center facilities in Lekki, Lagos. According to reports, the new Tier III data center is being deployed on a “very aggressive timeline.”...
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