Econet back in Nigeria with fresh $100m data centre facility in Lagos

*Our Lagos data centre facility will make it possible for Nigerians to get more cloud services cheaply, drive investment, and help create thousands of hi-tech jobs in the country ─ Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman of Econet Group

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

With a new US$100million investment in the ADC Atlantic data centre facility in the country, Strive Masiyiwa, pan-African businessman and Chairman of Econet Group, says his Africa Data Centre has started construction of Nigeria’s biggest data centre in Lagos.

Masiyiwa disclosed the organisation recently acquired a 5-acre piece of land in the country’s commercial hub of Lagos, “where we are starting construction of one of the largest buildings in the city,” reports Zimbabwe Mail.

Report says in data centre terms, the Econet ADC Atlantic data centre facility will be the single largest data centre in Africa outside South Africa.

Architects and engineers have been working for months, and now the contractors are about to start work.

The Econet Group Chair was quoted to have “our Lagos facility will make it possible for Nigerians to get more cloud services cheaply.

“It will drive investment into Nigeria, and help create thousands of hi-tech jobs!”