Supply disruptions stall expansion of Kenya’s top data hub

The groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the Africa Data Centres on January 19, 2023 at the Sameer Business Park in Nairobi.

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A plot of land that could have been home to East and Central Africa's largest data centre still sits idle, with no sign of construction starting any time soon.

Backed by a $30 million (Sh3.86 billion) capital injection from the United States’ Development Finance Corporation (DFC), African Data Centres (ADC) had targeted to triple the capacity of its Nairobi plant to over 15 megawatts (MW), delivering the region its largest cloud storage facility yet.

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