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Ethiopian Electric Utility Leases Space at Wing Ddata Center

Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) has signed an agreement with Wingu.Africa to lease space at the latter's data center in Addis Ababa. EEU hopes to improve the reliability, security, and efficiency of its operations through the deployment, enabling it to better serve its customers across Ethiop...

November 27, 2025

Addis Ababa

Raxio names Robert Skjødt as CEO

African data center operator Raxio has appointed Robert Skjødt as CEO, to replace Robert Mullins, who will remain an advisor for an unspecified transition period. Mullins has been at the helm of the company for five years. Skjødt previously held leadership roles in global energy, renewables, a...

December 02, 2024

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Raxio Group launches new data center in Congo

Raxio Group has launched a 1.5MW data center in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The facility which spans 1,542 sqm (16,598 sq ft) and can house up to 400 racks has received the Tier III design certification from Uptime Institute. Robert Mullins, CEO of Raxio Group s...

August 28, 2024

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Raxio Data Centres opens new facility in Mozambique

Pan-African operator Raxio Data Centres this week announced the opening of a facility in Maputo, Mozambique; Raxio Mozambique (Raxio MZ1), offering 3MW across 2,000 sqm, with capacity for up to 400 racks.“We are proud to be opening Mozambique’s first Tier III, hyper-scale ready data center and...

May 28, 2024

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African DC provider Raxio raises $46 million in equity funding

African data center provider Raxio Data Centres recently raised another $46 million in equity funding which will be dedicated to its expansion efforts in Africa and catering to growing demand in the continent. Brooks Washington, partner at Roha said after the announcement, “This funding will ...

October 26, 2023

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Raxio announces $170 million sustainability-linked debt facility

Raxio has announced that it has secured up to $170 million in sustainability-linked debt, as part of a multiple-tranche sustainability-linked debt facility. Through Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the fina...

April 19, 2023

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Raxio reveals expansion plans in Angola

Raxio has announced that it is investing and establishing 'Raxio Angola,' a new 6MW data center, set to be the first carrier-neutral Tier III data center in the country. It will be located on the outskirts of Luanda, in the Cacuaco district.Robert Mullins, CEO of Raxio Group, said: "Our decis...

January 19, 2023

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Raxio breaks ground on facility in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

The Raxio Group has announced that it has commenced work on its fifth data center in Côte d'Ivoire. This is reportedly the country's first Tier III-standard carrier-neutral colocation data center.The company held a ground-breaking ceremony at the site, located at the Village of Innovation and...

November 08, 2022

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Raxio Breaks Ground on MZ1 Facility in Maputo, Mozambique

Raxio Group has announced that construction has started at its Raxio MZ1 data center in Maputo, Mozambique. The facility will be Mozambique’s first carrier-neutral, privately owned data center. Raxio MZ1 is rated Tier III, and it has the capacity for 250 racks. The data center is scheduled ...

October 04, 2022

Raxio Group

Safaricom to expand footprint in Ethiopia

Safaricom is to build a new data center outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it has been announced. This comes following the signing of a developed land sublease agreement with Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) to build a new Tier-III quality ‘telco-cloud data center’. The facility wil...

September 26, 2022

Ethiopia

Raxio Breaks Ground on its 1.5MW Kinshasa Data Center in The DRC

Raxio has announced that it has begun constructing its new Kinshasa facility in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company first announced the data center in March 2021. At the ground-breaking ceremony, Raxio noted that the facility is the DRC’s first Tier III rated carrier-neutral...

September 23, 2022

Raxio Group

Raxio Group announces plans for Tanzania data center

African data center operator Raxio Group has announced its plans to expand in Tanzania, with its 'Raxio Tanzania' facility, which is the first carrier-neutral, privately-owned Tier III data center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The facility will be 'multi-megawatt' and meet Uptime Tier III standar...

March 28, 2022

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Raxio Group to open first carrier neutral Tier III data center in the Ivory Coast

Raxio Group has announced its plans to develop a Tier III data center in Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The data center will be located at the village of Innovation and Technology, 30KM from Abidjan. Raxio is developing the facility in collaboration with Master Power Technologies. The facilit...

October 27, 2021

Raxio Group

Raxio chooses Master Power to build multiple data centers in Africa

Raxio Group has appointed South Africa-based Master Power Technologies to help develop its data centers. Master Power Technologies is a private company founded in 1999 which provides data center and turnkey power solutions across Africa. Master Power will help design, supply, install and co...

August 27, 2021

Raxio Group

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