digital Parks Africa (DPA) is expanding into West Africa with the development of Nigeria Data Centre 1 (NDC1), a new carrier-neutral facility in Lagos.
NDC1 is being developed in partnership with Master Power Technologies Group, with DPA serving as the Group’s data centre business arm. DPA has operated in Nigeria since 2001.
The project marks DPA’s expansion into West Africa and comes as Nigeria’s technology economy drives demand for data centre capacity supporting financial services, cloud platforms and data-intensive businesses.
The development adds to growing data centre investment in Lagos.
ITWeb Africa has reported on new facilities in the city targeting hyperscale, cloud and artificial intelligence workloads, including Kasi Cloud Datacentres’ AI-ready facility.
ITWeb Africa has also reported that Nigeria’s National Digital Cloud Policy aims to attract $750 million in private investment over two years to expand local cloud and data centre capacity and establish the country as a regional hub for data hosting and digital services.
NDC1 is intended to support the need for local data centre capacity, providing performance, resilience and connectivity for businesses operating in Nigeria.
While NDC1 is DPA’s first data centre development in Nigeria, its broader engineering division has provided power and passive infrastructure to the region’s telecommunications and technology sectors.
To meet the uptime and reliability requirements of sectors including banking, fintech and cloud services, DPA has engaged the Uptime Institute to undertake a Tier IV Certification of Constructed Facility assessment.
As a carrier-neutral facility, NDC1 will allow multiple connectivity providers and corporate customers to interconnect, providing greater network flexibility and potentially reducing latency.
Menno Parsons, founder and CEO of DPA, said the expansion reflects the company’s long-term commitment to Nigeria and the wider African digital economy.
“Our investment in Nigeria is much more than a new facility. It is the next step in our long-standing commitment to the region, and for our broader vision for Africa’s digital future.”
“Over the last two decades operating in Nigeria, we have a clear understanding of the market and of the need for infrastructure that can keep pace with businesses and the growing digital ecosystem. Through NDC1, we are building on that foundation and strengthening our ability to enable an increasingly connected African economy.”
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