Kasi Cloud Datacentres has launched an AI-ready hyperscale data centre in Lagos, marking a significant step in Nigeria’s digital infrastructure expansion and cloud localisation ambitions.
The company said the facility, known as LOS1, was developed on approximately four hectares in the Maiyegun area of Lekki, Lagos, adjacent to six subsea cable landing stations, including Equiano and 2Africa.
According to Kasi Cloud Datacentres, the campus is designed to scale to about 100MW of critical IT capacity once fully developed.
The company added that LOS1 has been engineered to support high-density artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing workloads alongside enterprise cloud and connectivity platforms, while delivering sub-50ms latency for in-country services.
Kasi Cloud Datacentres said Nigerian enterprises currently spend an estimated $850 million annually on foreign cloud infrastructure, resulting in capital outflows and data being hosted under foreign legal jurisdictions.
The company said LOS1 provides what it describes as Nigeria’s first institutional-grade, AI-ready alternative built locally and aligned with the country’s National Cloud Policy 2025, which requires sensitive government and financial data to be hosted domestically.
Johnson Agogbua, founder and CEO of Kasi Cloud Datacentres, said: “For too long, Africa’s data has powered someone else’s economy.
“Today, that changes. This flag-off marks the transition from development into commissioning and operational readiness as we deliver world-class sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, built in Lagos, for Africa’s digital future.”
Aminu Umar-Sadiq, managing director and CEO of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), a foundational investor in Kasi Cloud Datacentres, views digital infrastructure as a key driver of Nigeria’s long-term economic transformation.
NSIA said in its 2025 annual report that Kasi Cloud Datacentres is helping to advance Nigeria’s digital infrastructure as an indigenous hyperscale data centre platform.
Umar-Sadiq added: “We target high-impact projects that transform critical sectors of economic growth, including initiatives like Kasi Data Centre.
“We expect that the transformative impact of this infrastructure on the domestic tech space will reposition Nigeria. The board and management of the Authority are proud to be associated with this development.”
Mark Adams, Co-Founder of Kasi Cloud Datacentres, said: “Africa represents one of the most compelling long-term digital infrastructure growth markets globally.
“As global cloud, AI and content platforms continue expanding into emerging markets, Nigeria — and Lagos specifically — is uniquely positioned to become the strategic digital gateway for the continent. Kasi LOS1 is the infrastructure that makes that possible.”
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