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Airtel’s Nxtra begins construction on Lagos data center

Airtel Africa this week officially broke ground on a new facility in Lagos’s Victoria Island. The facility will deliver 38MW and is expected to be live by the first quarter of 2026. It will also be the first of five hyperscale data centers developed by Airtel Africa on the continent through N...

March 13, 2024

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Rack Centre expands footprint in Nigeria

Rack Centre is planning expansion in Lagos, Nigeria, with a new 12MW data center, in line with its wider West Africa expansion plan, where it is looking to increase its presence tenfold. Rack Centre LGS 2 will be based on a 20,000 sqm (215,280 sq ft) greenfield site, offering 3,240 sqm (34,87...

April 21, 2023

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Rack Centre first to receive 'EDGE' green building certification

Rack Centre has announced that its Lagos data center has attained an "EDGE" green building certificate, which stands for "Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies, the first in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to receive such a certification. The facility is a carrier-neutral Tier III...

June 21, 2022

Rack Centre Limited

Rack Centre doubles its Lagos data center campus capacity

Rack Centre has doubled the capacity of its data center campus in Lagos through expansion. With the expansion, the facility now has 1.5MW of capacity. The expansion also sees Rack Centre add 6,500 square feet of white space to the facility. Rack Centre is also looking to expand the facility...

July 19, 2021

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