Africa Data Centres
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Africa Data Centres is a pan-African colocation provider that builds, owns, and operates carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre campuses across the continent, offering customers rack space, cages, and wholesale colocation rather than a cloud service of its own. As of 2026 the company runs facilities across South Africa (Midrand, Centurion, and two Cape Town campuses), Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda, with a further site under construction in Accra, Ghana. It is a business of Cassava Technologies (formerly grouped under Liquid Telecom/Liquid Intelligent Technologies), the pan-African technology group founded by Strive Masiyiwa, and it markets itself as Africa’s largest network of interconnected colocation facilities, hosting major internet exchanges and dozens of carriers. A distinguishing feature of its approach is that its facilities are entirely owned and operated by the company itself rather than leased wholesale space, and it has pursued Uptime Institute Tier III certification and ISO/PCI DSS compliance across its sites. Since 2025, Cassava has also begun layering NVIDIA GPU-based “AI factory” capacity into its South African infrastructure, though as of this writing the company has not disclosed which specific building hosts that hardware.
Africa Data Centres has a confirmed data center presence at the following locations:
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Africa Data Centres Data Center Locations
- Nairobi, Kenya NBO1 East Africa Data Centre (EADC) TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This Sameer Industrial Park facility was the first data centre in East Africa to receive Tier III certification from the Uptime Institute and was hailed as East Africa's largest data centre when it opened in 2013. - Lagos, Nigeria LOS1 Lagos Data Centre PENDING REVIEW
Located in the Eko Atlantic development, this was reported at around 20.65 MW and was built to serve as a digital hub connecting hyperscale and enterprise customers into West Africa. - Kigali, Rwanda KGL1 Kigali Data Centre CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This was Africa Data Centres' first facility in Rwanda, designed as a purpose-built 2MW site connected into the company's East Africa ecosystem via its Nairobi facility. - Centurion, South Africa JHB2 Samrand Data Centre CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
- Midrand, South Africa JHB1 Midrand Data Centre TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This Midrand campus was acquired as part of Liquid Telecom's 2017 acquisition of Neotel and was later more than doubled in size as part of an expansion delivering over 3,000 square metres of secured server space. - Cape Town, South Africa CPT1 Cape Town Data Centre (Elfindale/Diep River) TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Africa Data Centres describes this as the first hyperscale colocation data centre it built and operated in Cape Town, and in 2026 it added three new data halls including one dedicated hyperscale hall. - Cape Town, South Africa CPT2 Cape Town Data Centre (Atlantic Hills) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Built as a 20MW facility spanning roughly 15,000 square metres across eight data halls on the northern periphery of Cape Town, it became the carrier-neutral operator's fourth South African data centre when it went live in 2024. - Harare, Zimbabwe Centre Africa Data Centre (CADC), Harare PENDING REVIEW
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Common Questions
How many data centres does Africa Data Centres operate, and where?
As of early 2026, Africa Data Centres runs data centres across South Africa (Midrand, Centurion, and two Cape Town facilities), Kenya (Nairobi), Nigeria (Lagos), Zimbabwe (Harare), and Rwanda (Kigali), with a facility under construction in Accra, Ghana.
Is Africa Data Centres adding AI/GPU infrastructure to its facilities?
Its parent, Cassava Technologies, announced in 2025 an NVIDIA-powered 'AI factory' deploying 3,000 GPUs into a Cassava-built data centre in South Africa, with further GPU rollouts planned for Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria, but the company has not disclosed which specific South African building hosts the hardware.
Does Africa Data Centres own the buildings it operates, or lease space from others?
The company states that its facilities are purpose-built and entirely owned and operated by itself, rather than leased colocation space from a third party.
Which Africa Data Centres facility was the first Tier III-certified data centre in East Africa?
Its Nairobi facility (NBO1), located at Sameer Industrial Park, was the first data centre in East Africa to receive Tier III certification from the Uptime Institute.
Does Africa Data Centres offer colocation services?
Yes — we've identified 8 facilities where Africa Data Centres may offer colocation services. Please contact Africa Data Centres directly to confirm current availability and terms.
Does Africa Data Centres offer cloud services?
We haven't confirmed cloud services for Africa Data Centres yet — this isn't a definitive no, since our research can miss things. Please contact Africa Data Centres directly to confirm cloud availability.
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