December 02, 2024 Raxio Group
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, and...
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August 28, 2024 Raxio Group
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 said:...
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May 28, 2024 Raxio Group
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...
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October 26, 2023 Raxio Group
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 help...
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April 19, 2023 Raxio Group
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...
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January 19, 2023 Raxio Group
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 decision...
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November 08, 2022 Raxio Group
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...
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October 04, 2022 Raxio Group
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 to...
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September 26, 2022 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 will...
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September 23, 2022 Raxio Group
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...
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March 28, 2022 Raxio Group
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 standards...
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October 27, 2021 Raxio Group
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 facility is...
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August 27, 2021 Raxio Group
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...
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