iColo Nairobi One (NBO1)
iColo (Digital Realty) · Digital Realty · Langata South Road, Karen, Nairobi, Nairobi, Nairobi County
iColo Nairobi One (NBO1) is a operational data centre facility in Nairobi, 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.
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Racks
Colocation
Facility type
N+2 cooling (per Digital Realty listing)
Cooling
2019
Opened
Overview
iColo's Karen flagship, launched September 2019 as "the first truly carrier-neutral data centre in Nairobi", and one of Kenya's best-connected buildings.
Why it matters
iColo (a Digital Realty company) runs the largest facility count in Kenya. NBO1: 624 m² of customer space, 60+ connectivity providers and four internet exchanges on site per the operator; 30-day CCTV retention, PCI-DSS and ISO 27001 per the Digital Realty listing.
Where marketing and evidence diverge
Neither iColo's page nor Digital Realty's listing publishes an IT load figure for NBO1, ask for committed and available capacity in kW before sizing a deployment.
Certification position: ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS are claimed on the Digital Realty listing. No Uptime Institute Tier certification is published for this facility.
Power
2N power (per Digital Realty listing)
Connectivity · 4 providers
- Liquid Datapoint Fibre
- Safaricom Fibre
- Telkom Kenya Fibre
- KIXP Nairobi IXP
Verification
Verified5 claims · 2 sources · Primary (1) · Independent (1)Last editorial evidence review: 2026-09-22
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iColo operates the Nairobi One (NBO1) data centre in Nairobi.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: icolo.io/location/nbo1/ states NBO1 launched September 2019 in Karen; clean primary source.
“NBO1 launched in September 2019 as the first truly carrier-neutral data center in Nairobi. Strategically located in Karen”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #6448 (iColo NBO1) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2019-03-11
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Nairobi One (NBO1)"; Karen, Kenya; 62 networks present; record created 2019-03-11”
NBO1 is operated by iColo, now part of Digital Realty.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: confirmed on the operator facility page (iColo, now Digital Realty).
“NBO1 launched in September 2019 as the first truly carrier-neutral data center in Nairobi. Strategically located in Karen”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #6448 (iColo NBO1) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2019-03-11
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Nairobi One (NBO1)"; Karen, Kenya; 62 networks present; record created 2019-03-11”
NBO1 is a carrier-neutral colocation data centre.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: carrier-neutral colocation plus teleport, per the operator page; tech-spec PDF and connectivity lists align.
“NBO1 launched in September 2019 as the first truly carrier-neutral data center in Nairobi. Strategically located in Karen”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #6448 (iColo NBO1) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2019-03-11
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Nairobi One (NBO1)"; Karen, Kenya; 62 networks present; record created 2019-03-11”
NBO1 is located in Karen, Nairobi.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: Karen location stated verbatim on the operator facility page.
“NBO1 launched in September 2019 as the first truly carrier-neutral data center in Nairobi. Strategically located in Karen”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #6448 (iColo NBO1) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2019-03-11
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Nairobi One (NBO1)"; Karen, Kenya; 62 networks present; record created 2019-03-11”
NBO1 launched in September 2019 and is operational.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: launched September 2019 per the operator page; 280 racks and 624 sqm of customer space stated on the same page.
“NBO1 launched in September 2019 as the first truly carrier-neutral data center in Nairobi. Strategically located in Karen”
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #6448 (iColo NBO1) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2019-03-11
“PeeringDB record: name "icolo.io Nairobi One (NBO1)"; Karen, Kenya; 62 networks present; record created 2019-03-11”
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