iColo Mombasa Two (MBA2)
iColo (Digital Realty) · Digital Realty · Nyali, Mombasa, Mombasa, Mombasa County
iColo Mombasa Two (MBA2) is a operational data centre facility in Mombasa, Kenya, operated by iColo (Digital Realty). Its total capacity has not been publicly disclosed. It sits inside DC254's four-stage supply pipeline , see how Kenya's market stages up.
Compare iColo Mombasa Two (MBA2) with iColo Mombasa One (MBA1) · Telkom Kenya: Telephone House (Mombasa)
Side by side1.75 MW
Live IT load
600
Racks
Colocation
Facility type
2022
Opened
Overview
iColo's Nyali facility, opened 2022, 600 racks and, the detail that matters for a cable landing, roughly 2 km from the nearest beach manhole.
Why it matters
1,200 m² of IT space on a 4,000 m² campus with 20+ networks, per iColo. Approximately 2 km to the nearest beach manhole, direct, short backhaul to submarine cable systems.
Power
Kenya Power + backup
Connectivity · 2 providers
- SEACOM Submarine
- EASSy Submarine
Verification
Verified6 claims · 2 sources · Primary (1) · Independent (1)Last editorial evidence review: 2026-09-22
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iColo operates the Mombasa Two (MBA2) data centre in Mombasa.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: confirmed on the operator page.
“Situated in Nyali, our second facility in the Kenyan coastal town was launched in 2022. Hosting up to 600 customer racks, MBA2 is part of our expansion plans in East Africa with its proximity to subsea cable landing points in Mombasa”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #10232 (iColo MBA2) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2021-03-04
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Mombasa Two (MBA2)"; Nyali, Kenya; 40 networks present; record created 2021-03-04”
MBA2 is operated by iColo, now part of Digital Realty.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: confirmed (iColo, now Digital Realty).
“Situated in Nyali, our second facility in the Kenyan coastal town was launched in 2022. Hosting up to 600 customer racks, MBA2 is part of our expansion plans in East Africa with its proximity to subsea cable landing points in Mombasa”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #10232 (iColo MBA2) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2021-03-04
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Mombasa Two (MBA2)"; Nyali, Kenya; 40 networks present; record created 2021-03-04”
MBA2 operates as a colocation facility.
verifiedOperator page: 'Colocate your business-critical equipment in MBA2'. Editor review 2026-09-22 confirms colocation classification.
“Situated in Nyali, our second facility in the Kenyan coastal town was launched in 2022. Hosting up to 600 customer racks, MBA2 is part of our expansion plans in East Africa with its proximity to subsea cable landing points in Mombasa”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #10232 (iColo MBA2) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2021-03-04
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Mombasa Two (MBA2)"; Nyali, Kenya; 40 networks present; record created 2021-03-04”
MBA2 is located in Nyali, Mombasa.
verifiedOperator page states 'Situated in Nyali' (the earlier note that the operator page does not state the area was wrong; the verbatim text is in the store).
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #10232 (iColo MBA2) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2021-03-04
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Mombasa Two (MBA2)"; Nyali, Kenya; 40 networks present; record created 2021-03-04”
“Situated in Nyali, our second facility in the Kenyan coastal town was launched in 2022. Hosting up to 600 customer racks, MBA2 is part of our expansion plans in East Africa with its proximity to subsea cable landing points in Mombasa”
MBA2 launched in 2022 and is operational.
verifiedOperator page: 'launched in 2022'. Editor review 2026-09-22 confirms.
“Situated in Nyali, our second facility in the Kenyan coastal town was launched in 2022. Hosting up to 600 customer racks, MBA2 is part of our expansion plans in East Africa with its proximity to subsea cable landing points in Mombasa”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #10232 (iColo MBA2) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2021-03-04
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Mombasa Two (MBA2)"; Nyali, Kenya; 40 networks present; record created 2021-03-04”
MBA2 hosts up to 600 customer racks.
verifiedOperator-stated ('Hosting up to 600 customer racks'; '600 Racks' key facts), verbatim on the operator page. The editor verified this directly against primary documentation (2026-09-22 editorial review); the underlying document is not yet captured in this evidence store, so the rule-derived state stays as the internal signal. Upgrade-in-place follows automatically once the document is fetched and cited.
“Situated in Nyali, our second facility in the Kenyan coastal town was launched in 2022. Hosting up to 600 customer racks, MBA2 is part of our expansion plans in East Africa with its proximity to subsea cable landing points in Mombasa”
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