Paratus Group
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Paratus Group is a pan-African network operator that sells fiber, satellite, colocation and cloud services across sub-equatorial Africa, and it owns and operates four Tier III-designed, carrier-neutral data centers of its own — two in Luanda, Angola, one in Windhoek, Namibia, and one in Lusaka, Zambia — as of 2026. A fifth, much larger Tier IV-by-design facility in Luanda was announced in 2023 and secured $31 million in project financing in 2026, but remains under construction rather than operational. Paratus differentiates itself through vertical integration: it builds and lands its own subsea and terrestrial fiber (including the Equiano cable landing station in Namibia and the East–West Connect route from Maputo to Swakopmund), operates satellite teleports and VSAT hubs, and layers colocation and cloud services on top of that self-owned network, positioning itself as a full-stack digital infrastructure provider for a region historically underserved by hyperscale colocation and cloud players.
Paratus Group operates as a cloud provider and colocation provider, with facilities at the following locations:
FACILITY OPERATOR
Phone: +264 83 300 1000 Email: [email protected]
Paratus Group Data Center Locations
- Luanda, Angola Paratus Data Center DC1 (Patriota campus) TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This was the first of Paratus's two Luanda data centers, launched in 2017 with capacity for over 1,500 servers. - Nairobi, Kenya Paratus Cloud at iXAfrica NairobiAI DATA CENTER CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Launched in 2025, this is a Paratus Cloud point of presence hosted inside the third-party iXAfrica data center, which itself advertises 30kW-per-rack high-density capacity for AI and cloud workloads. - Windhoek, Namibia Armada Data Center (Brakwater campus) TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Launched in August 2022 for about $7.5–8.2 million, Armada was reported as Namibia's first carrier-neutral and largest data center facility, and also serves as the cable landing station for the Equiano subsea cable. - Lusaka, Zambia Paratus Zambia Data Center (Vanguard) TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Opened on 1 October 2021 as a 1MW, purpose-built facility, it was described at launch as the most advanced colocation data center in Zambia and now also hosts Paratus's locally delivered cloud services.
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AI Data Centers
- Nairobi, Kenya Paratus Cloud at iXAfrica Nairobi AI DATA CENTER CARRIER-NEUTRALPENDING REVIEW
Launched in 2025, this is a Paratus Cloud point of presence hosted inside the third-party iXAfrica data center, which itself advertises 30kW-per-rack high-density capacity for AI and cloud workloads.
Common Questions
Where does Paratus Group operate its own data centers?
Paratus owns and operates four Tier III-designed data centers as of 2026: two on a campus in Patriota, Luanda (Angola), one (Armada Data Center) on its Brakwater campus in Windhoek (Namibia), and one in Lusaka (Zambia). A fifth, larger Tier IV-by-design facility in Luanda was announced in 2023 and financed in 2026 but had not opened as of the latest reporting.
Does Paratus offer AI or GPU-specific infrastructure?
Paratus does not operate AI-optimized facilities of its own, but in 2025 it launched 'Paratus Cloud' as a tenant inside the iXAfrica data center in Nairobi, Kenya, which advertises 30kW-per-rack high-density capacity explicitly described as suited to AI and cloud workloads.
Is Paratus a colocation company, a cloud provider, or both?
Both — Paratus sells rack, cage, and private suite colocation space in its own Angolan, Namibian, and Zambian facilities, and separately sells public, private, and hybrid cloud services (including IaaS, storage-as-a-service, and backup-as-a-service) built on top of that infrastructure and its Nairobi cloud point of presence.
How many countries does Paratus operate in overall?
Paratus's own website describes operations spanning 16 African countries for connectivity and satellite services, though its physical data center facilities are concentrated in just three of those countries — Angola, Namibia, and Zambia — with newer licensed operations in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda as of 2025.
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