iXAfrica Data Centres

Award winning iXAfrica Data Centres in Nairobi, Kenya is East Africa’s First and Largest Hyper-scale Carrier-neutral, AI-ready Data Centre, the latest digital habitat for cloud, colocation, and connectivity. Phase 1 of the Nairobi campus, Nairobi X One sits on a 4.3 acres site on Mombasa Road, a major highway with access to all 7 subsea cables. We are Open for business! iXAfrica provides world-class and highly resilient Data Centre infrastructure to create a vital part of the internet backbone of East Africa. With a Nairobi Campus overall design capacity of 22.5MW, and another campus expansion planned on 11 acres in Tilisi, on the outskirts of Nairobi at 53 MW, iXAfrica has the largest Data Centre project in the Greater East African region serving a total population of 300 million people. The campus is situated next to the main fiber optic communications arteries and is in close proximity to major and resilient electrical connections, capable of delivering high-availability and low-carbon power. Over 90% of Kenya’s electricity is generated from renewable/clean energy sources. The Nairobi campus sits on a 4.3 acres site on Mombasa Road, a major highway with access to all subsea cables. Our first data centre, NBOX1 (Nairobi X One) is Open for business! Phase 1 - NBOX1 Specs: • 4.5 MW IT Power • 780 Racks • 30 kW per Rack • White Space 1,653 Sqm • PUE 1.25 • 3 Data Halls • 4 MMRs • 4 secure & diverse fiber entry points • 2,500 Sqm Teleport Satellite Space • 2 x 4.5MVA feeders on 11 KV • A 66 KV substation has been planned • 2 x 2.5 MW continuous duty generators • N+1 Redundant Switchgear with 4 independent power trains • N+1 Generators • UPS Distributed redundancy - 4 to make 3 with a 2N supply to rack Phase 2 - NBOX1.2 • 18 MW IT Power • 3,500 Racks • 30+ kW per Rack • White Space 6,098 Sqm • PUE 1.25 • 6 Data Halls • 2 x 4.5MVA feeders on 11 KV • A 66 KV substation has been planned • 22 x 2.5 MW Continous Duty Generators Contact sales@ixafrica.co.ke