OperationalAI-ready
iXAfrica NBOX1
iXAfrica Data Centres · Nairobi
4.5 MW
MW live IT load
Verified Sept 2026
Kenya's digital infrastructure intelligence platform
Inside Kenya's digital infrastructure.
The verified directory, market data and infrastructure intelligence platform for Kenya's data-centre economy.
Every M-Pesa transaction, every stream, every AI query runs through buildings most people will never enter. DC254 maps, explains and tracks them, in plain language, with verified data.
- 31
- Tracked facilities & projects
- 7
- Subsea cables in service
- 105
- Explainers published
27 verified facilities in Kenya · 4 East Africa reference records · last verified September 2026 · How we verify
A verified view of a market changing quickly.
Announcements are cheap. These numbers are checked against named sources and re-verified on a stated date.
- 31
- Tracked records
- 27
- Verified facilities in Kenya
- 18
- Operators tracked
- September 2026
- Last verified
27 facilities in Kenya and 4 East African reference records, across every build stage.
Each carries an operator, a capacity figure and a named source.
From incumbents to new entrants, with ownership in the open.
Every record in the directory is dated. Stale claims do not survive a verification pass.
How every figure is defined and checked: the DC254 methodology.
DC Directory
Every data centre in Kenya. Verified.
272.9 MW tracked supplyView the map
The DC Directory
Every known data-centre facility in Kenya.
With operator, location, status, capacity, source and verification date on every record. This is a structured market record, not a list of articles.
20 operational · 3 under construction · 1 committed · 3 early stage — directory last verified September 2026
The infrastructure map
See how the infrastructure connects.
From submarine cables landing in Mombasa to data centres, IXPs and fibre routes around Nairobi.
- Operational facilities, live today
- Building and committed — pipeline, not yet live
- Submarine cables — solid in service, dashed in development
- PIDA registry projects — Kenya on the continental pipeline
- Terrestrial fibre linking the hubs together
This preview is drawn from the same verified dataset as the directory — the counts, routes and landing points are the real records, not an illustration. The full map adds Nairobi and Mombasa metro zoom, filters, search and a list view.
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All reports
Brief / 01 · September 2026Free summary + downloadable PDF
State of Kenyan Data Centres 2026
The verified annual review of Kenya's data centre market: the honestly staged supply pipeline, the interconnection league table, certification records read precisely, and the four events that will decide 2027. Every figure sourced and dated.
- Live versus announced
- 42.9 MW live designed capacity against 230 MW announced across the build pipeline, staged honestly.
- The operator landscape
- 18 operators tracked, who is carrier-neutral, who is incumbent-backed, and where the interconnection sits.
- What shapes 2027
- The four events, from hyperscale entries to licence decisions, most likely to move the market next year.
Latest intelligence
The infrastructure is being built right now.
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Learn the infrastructure
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Three explainers take you from zero to understanding the buildings, cables and power behind Kenya's digital economy.
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