Digital Realty opens 6.4MW Nairobi data centre as iColo joins its brand
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Digital Realty has opened its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2), adding 6.4MW of capacity to its Kenyan campus as iColo transitions to the Digital Realty brand.
Digital Realty has launched a second data centre in Nairobi, Kenya. The company revealed on September 7 that it had opened its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2), bringing 6.4MW of capacity to its campus in the city, with the new facility spanning 12,000 sq ft (about 1,100 sqm).
The launch coincides with iColo's transition to the Digital Realty brand in Kenya and Mozambique. iColo first became part of Digital Realty after Interxion took a controlling stake in the company in 2019.
NBO2 is located alongside NBO1, the company's existing data centre in Nairobi, which opened in September 2019 in the Karen area and has 624 sqm (6,700 sq ft) of floor space. Solar panels deployed at the site in 2024 bring 450kW of power, and the campus offers connectivity to more than 100 networks, two internet exchange points and a satellite teleport.
Wanja Muriithi, country general manager for Kenya, said the opening of NBO2 and the transition to Digital Realty are part of one story: the continued growth of Kenya's digital economy and iColo's evolution within a global platform, giving customers the ability to grow in Kenya while connecting with broader carrier, cloud, content and enterprise communities.
Digital Realty operates data centres in several locations across Africa, including Accra in Ghana, Lagos in Nigeria, Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Maputo in Mozambique, and Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town in South Africa.