Paratus
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Paratus is a pan-African network operator headquartered in Windhoek, Namibia, that owns and operates five certified data centers across three countries — two in Luanda, Angola, one in Lusaka, Zambia, and two in Namibia (Windhoek and Swakopmund) — while also selling colocation and cloud (IaaS) services out of those facilities and points of presence in other African countries. Its data centers are described as Tier III-by-design and carrier-neutral, certified to ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI-DSS standards. Paratus is notable for combining physical data center ownership with subsea cable infrastructure — it operates the Namibian cable landing station for the Equiano subsea cable in Swakopmund — plus satellite (OneWeb, Starlink) and wholesale carrier services, positioning itself as an end-to-end connectivity and infrastructure provider for southern and, increasingly, eastern Africa. As of 2023, the company announced plans to build a much larger, Tier IV-by-design third data center in Luanda, though construction completion had not been confirmed as of the most recent research.
Paratus operates as a cloud provider and colocation provider, with facilities at the following locations:
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Paratus Data Center Locations
- Luanda, Angola Paratus Angola DC1 TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL · +244 225 286 000 PENDING REVIEW
Originally built in 2016 under the name Internet Technologies Angola (ITA) before rebranding to Paratus Angola in July 2022, this facility was the country's first carrier-neutral, Tier III-by-design data center and was designed with capacity for around 1,500 servers. - Luanda, Angola Paratus Angola DC2 TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL · +244 225 286 000 PENDING REVIEW
Launched in 2019 roughly 50 meters from Paratus's original Luanda site, this second building was built with capacity to host up to 7,000 servers, making it a significant expansion of the same campus. - Swakopmund, Namibia Paratus Equiano Cable Landing Station · +264 83 300 1000 PENDING REVIEW
This facility doubles as the cable landing station for the Namibian branch of the Equiano subsea cable, giving it a direct physical fiber link that Paratus's other data centers use to reach international capacity. - Windhoek, Namibia Armada TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL · +264 83 300 1000 PENDING REVIEW
Armada, which opened in August 2022 just outside Windhoek, was Namibia's first carrier-neutral data center and is described as the country's largest, powered in part by multiple solar banks for resilience. - Lusaka, Zambia Paratus Zambia - Vanguard TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL · +260 211 262 698 PENDING REVIEW
This 1MW carrier-neutral facility, which opened on 1 October 2021 at a total investment of around $5.75 million, was Paratus's third data center overall and later became the site of a Zadara-powered 'AI Sovereign Cloud' launch in Zambia.
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Common Questions
How many data centers does Paratus operate?
As of the most recent reporting, Paratus owns and operates five data centers: two in Luanda, Angola (DC1 and DC2), one in Lusaka, Zambia (Vanguard), and two in Namibia, in Windhoek (Armada) and Swakopmund (the Equiano cable landing station facility).
Is Paratus building a new, larger data center?
In June 2023, Paratus Group announced plans to construct a third, Tier IV-by-design data center in Luanda, Angola, described as its biggest project yet, on a 30,000 sqm plot with more than 10MW of IT power capacity across 2,000+ cabinets.
Does Paratus offer AI-specific cloud infrastructure?
Paratus Zambia launched an enterprise-grade 'AI Sovereign Cloud' with partners TouchNet and Zadara, hosted within its Lusaka facility, though available sources describe it in terms of compute, storage and networking rather than naming specific GPU hardware for that building.
Does Paratus sell colocation as well as cloud services?
Yes — Paratus sells both colocation (cages, private and partial cabinets, remote hands) and cloud services including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), backup-as-a-service, and disaster-recovery-as-a-service, marketed across its Angola, Namibia, Zambia and other national sites.
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