Rack Centre launches 12MW data center in Lagos, Nigeria
Company’s second facility in the city
News - Nigeria
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Equinix opens expansion in Lagos, Nigeria
Expansion took place at existing facility, though details are sparse
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MTN Group and Airtel Africa sign network sharing deal for Uganda and Nigeria
Could explore similar agreements in other African markets
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Open Access Data Centres plans $240m data center in Lagos, Nigeria - report
24MW facility could come online in two stages
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Payment services company Visa plans data center in Nigeria
Company has already invested $1 billion in the country
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Nigeria's 9Mobile blames network outage on data center fire in Lagos
But previous fiber cuts caused by vandalism also impacted network
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Huawei launches cloud region in Nigeria
Announced at Huawei Cloud Summit Nigeria 2024
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Wole Abu to replace MainOne founder Funke Opeke as Equinix's West Africa MD
Funke Opeke has stepped down, will assume advisory role
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First state-owned data center launches in Benin City, Nigeria
Part of the state of Edo's plans for digital revolution and technological advancement
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Equinix drops MDXi brand for West Africa data center division
Former MainOne subsidiary is streamlined into Equinix brand
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IHS Nigeria pairs with Jaza Energy to deploy solar hubs at tower sites
250 solar hubs will be deployed
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Huawei wins $3m cloud computing contract from United Bank for Africa
IBM faces competition in Nigerian banking sector
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Amazon acquires leasehold on New Zealand land for Kuiper satellite venture
Company granted 20 year lease on 500 sqm of land
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IHS Towers strikes renewal extension deal with MTN Nigeria
The tower company sees off competition to land the contract
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UniCloud Africa and Benue Digital Infrastructure to build data center in Makurdi, Nigeria
Africa Data Centres to provide disaster recovery site in Abuja
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MTN Nigeria plans large data center in Lagos
Will be largest in West Africa, company claims
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WIOCC secures sutainability-linked loans to fund OADC roll-out
IFC, Proparco, and RMB contribute to financing
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Airtel’s Nxtra breaks ground on 38MW data center in Lagos, Nigeria
Facility due live in 2026; first of five hyperscale sites planned on continent
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2Africa subsea cable lands in Kwa Ibo, Nigeria
Second landing in Nigeria for pan-African cable
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Airtel Africa to develop data center in Kenya
While construction in Lagos, Nigeria, to commence shortly
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IHS Towers expands Nigerian towers partnership with Airtel
The duo will also work together on green initiatives
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2Africa cable lands in Nigeria
2Africa partners e& and Telecom Egypt also announce ICE IV cable to connect Indonesia to Egypt
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Nigeria's Rack Centre appoints Lars Johannisson as CEO
Johannisson joins colo firm from French outsourcing company Teleperformance
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Parallel Wireless deploys Open RAN to 1,500 sites in Africa
Across eight countries
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IHS offers improved lease terms to MTN, could scupper American Tower deal
Is willing to match terms according to its CEO
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Airtel launches Nxtra Africa; hires AWS data center lead as CEO
Company plans to develop network of data centers in Africa
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American Tower signs comms agreement with MTN Nigeria
All while driving connectivity across the country
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Medallion launches data center in Lagos, Nigeria
Company to adopt Digital Realty name this month