iXAfrica Data Centre Limited, East and Central Africa's largest hyperscale, carrier-neutral, AI-ready facility, will work with Oracle as the host partner for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region in Nairobi, Kenya.
President William Ruto announced this new public cloud region in 2024, which he said will help Kenya satisfy its high demand for OCI services.
OCI's choice of iXAfrica as a colocation partner underlines the company's unique position as Kenya's most execution-ready hyperscale data centre facility, according to a company statement.
The statement continued: “Purpose-built to global cloud standards, iXAfrica combines carrier neutrality, high-density AI capability, resilient power architecture, and proximity to critical connectivity infrastructure.
“This makes it the only facility currently in the market capable of supporting immediate public cloud deployments at scale.”
Snehar Shah, CEO, iXAfrica, commented: “With this collaboration, iXAfrica is leveraging the renewable energy, talent, and abundant submarine and national connectivity available in our market.”
The business stated that by hosting OCI locally, iXAfrica enables regional organisations to accelerate digital transformation, deploy latency-sensitive applications, and build AI-powered services closer to end users.
It went on to assert that this collaboration provides the groundwork for a more robust, sovereign, and globally competitive digital economy in Kenya, built on world-class infrastructure.
“Around the world, governments and enterprises rely on OCI for its security, scalability, and ability to run mission-critical workloads that enable innovation at scale,” said David Bunei, country leader Kenya, Oracle. “These unique capabilities and our collaboration with iXAfrica will further support the growth of the country's digital economy.”
With construction, power, and connectivity infrastructure already in advanced stages of deployment, iXAfrica is operating in full execution mode to support hyperscale cloud platforms, said the company.
“This readiness underscores iXAfrica’s commitment to delivering resilient, scalable digital infrastructure that meets the stringent operational requirements of global cloud providers.”
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