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Kasi Cloud & Data Centers Opens Initial Phase of 100MW Facility in Nigeria

Kasi Cloud & Data Centers has launched the first phase of its planned 100MW data center campus in Nigeria. Kasi LOS1 is the first building to become operational at the site. The company has not disclosed the IT capacity of the facility. Located in the Maiyegun area of Lekki near Lagos, Kas...

May 26, 2026

Nigeria

The Rise of Data Centers in West Africa: Why Nigeria Is Leading the Digital Infrastructure Boom

In recent years, West Africa has been seen to emerge as a promising frontier for digital infrastructural investments. This has spotlighted West Africa to global technology firms, investors, and policymakers alike. At the center of this transformation is Nigeria, where a surge in data center de...

April 29, 2026

Nigeria

Tetracore and Huawei Plan 20MW Gas-powered Data Center in Nigeria

West African energy firm Tetracore Energy Group plans a $400 million data center in Nigeria in partnership with Huawei and Inspirive Technologies.The planned 20MW facility will be located at Tetracore’s energy park in Atakobo, Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria, and is designed to meet Tier III ...

March 26, 2026

Nigeria

9Mobile blames network outage on data center fire in Lagos

Nigerian mobile network operator 9Mobile has blamed a network outage this week on a fire incident at its main data center in Lagos. The fire is said to have happened on Tuesday night (December 17), leading to network issues for 9Mobile's customers yesterday. Its customers have taken to social...

December 19, 2024

Nigeria

WIOCC secures green financing to fund OADC roll-out

Pan-African data center and fiber group WIOCC has secured green financing deal fromthe International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Proparco to fund its data center and fiber roll-out in three African countries.“We are excited to conclude this next stage of our capital raise, which will enable ...

June 21, 2024

Nigeria

IHS Towers signs new deal with Airtel Nigeria

Tower company IHS Towers has announced that Airtel Nigeria has signed a deal to renew its contract in the country and has committed to take 3,950 tenancies over the next five years, with the majority expected over 2024/2025. Following the terms of the renewed agreement, Airtel is to extend the...

February 12, 2024

Nigeria

Nigeria's NIPSS requests that customs establish a data facility

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies suggests the Nigeria Customs Service create a trade modeling data center. They have also advocated for establishing a pension institute for retired officials. NIPSS Director General Prof. Ayo Omotayo made this assertion during a courtesy ...

September 18, 2023

Nigeria

Housing Bank inaugurates Tier III prefabricated modular data center in Jordan

Housing Bank recently announced the launch of what it's calling the first-ever Prefabricated Modular Data Center in the banking sector in Jordan. According to the company, the data center is designed to enhance the bank's daily operations, boosting flexibility, efficiency, speed, and security....

July 11, 2023

Huawei Cloud

Data Center Fire Causes Zenith Bank Disruption in Nigeria

Per a report by TechCabal, the power backup system at Zenith Bank in Nigeria was damaged by fire, which resulted in a blackout at the data center. The outage began at seven in the morning, affecting customers, and majority of the bank's services were down. According to TechCabal, the bank did ...

May 04, 2023

Nigeria

Huawei Broadens its Market in Vietnam With Data Center-Related Products

Huawei is expanding its offerings to include data center products in Vietnam, where storage laws are driving demand for cloud computing services from Amazon Web Services and local unicorn VNG. Do Van Chung, Huawei Data Center Product Manager, told Nikkei Asia on the sidelines of a recent indus...

April 24, 2023

Huawei Cloud

New Hybrid Data Center to Boost Student Learning in Nigeria

The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has commissioned a new hybrid data center at the Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara. The new facility is expected to provide students with access to the latest technology and help improve their learning experience. According to the President...

April 18, 2023

Nigeria

Nigerian President Unveils Kano's Tier 4 Data Center

President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the 41-terabyte countrywide tier-4 Data Center in Kano on Monday. During the ceremony, Prof. Ali Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, stated that the data center was the first of its kind in northern Nigeria and the finest in the co...

April 10, 2023

Nigeria

Huawei reveals data center trend break down

At the recent Top 10 Trends of Data Center Facilities conference, Huawei revealed its insights into emerging trends in the data center industry. With the theme of "Smart DC, Building the Green Future," the conference highlighted that to accommodate the exponential growth of data demand, which ...

April 03, 2023

Huawei Cloud

Huawei Plans More Latin American Data Centers as Cloud Demand Rises

With Colombia set to be the next destination, Chinese technology giant Huawei says it is dedicated to establishing additional cloud regions (core data center hubs) and availability zones (AZs, minor data center hubs) throughout Latin America. Fernando Liu, president of the Latin American cloud...

April 03, 2023

Huawei Cloud

Huawei Introduces Simplified Network & Data Center Technologies for the Intelligent World

Huawei's 5th Industry Digital Transformation Summit was successfully organized during the 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC 2023). Huawei recently unveiled a new line of cutting-edge solutions for streamlined networks based on the demands and pain points of enterprise network control effectivene...

March 02, 2023

Huawei Cloud

Galaxy Backbone announces launch Tier IV data center

The Galaxy Backbone (GBB) has announced that it is launching a Tier IV data center into the public and private sector space, in order to boost its digital infrastructure. In a statement, the agency said: “The infrastructure has been specifically built to respond to the desire of its growing b...

September 05, 2022

Nigeria

Huawei to finalize data center location in Saudi Arabia

Huawei is reportedly set to finalize its data center location in Saudi Arabia, the giant’s second in the Middle East, following the establishment of a first in Abu Dhabi. In a statement, Frank Dai, President of Huawei Cloud M.E, said: “We are in the final stages of the Saudi decision — the ...

August 10, 2022

Huawei Cloud

Huawei Partners With Malawi For Data Center Development

The Malawian government has announced the launch of a national data center in Blantyre. The country partnered with Huawei for the development of the facility. Huawei was responsible for building the data center. The data center will also host all Malawian government systems. Specifications ...

July 29, 2022

Huawei Cloud

Huawei To Launch Third Data Center in Chile

Huawei has announced its plans to develop its third data center in Chile. The Chinese company revealed to the press that it would build a data center in Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region. Huawei will be investing up to $100m in the project. The company launched its first data center in the ...

June 17, 2022

Huawei Cloud

Centrin Data and Huawei Digital Power form strategic partnership for data centers and green energy

Centrin Data and Huawei Digital Power recently formed a strategic partnership to cooperate on data center business and infrastructure, smart photovoltaics, green energy storage, comprehensive smart energy management. The partnership was recognised at a signing ceremony held in Beijing this wee...

May 13, 2022

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