iXAfrica NBOX1.2
iXAfrica Data Centres · Cabanas, Mombasa Road, Industrial Area, Nairobi, Nairobi County
iXAfrica NBOX1.2 is a currently under construction data centre facility in Nairobi, Kenya, operated by iXAfrica Data Centres. Its designed capacity is 18 MW. The facility carries a Tier III rating. It sits inside DC254's four-stage supply pipeline , see how Kenya's market stages up.
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Side by side18 MW
Total capacity
III
Tier rating
Hyperscale
Facility type
Yes
AI ready
Overview
Second phase of iXAfrica's Mombasa Road campus. Financing is secured and construction is underway; on completion the NBOX1 campus will deliver 22.5 MW of IT power, the largest single-site campus in Greater East Africa.
Why it matters
Operator cites 18 MW and 3,744 racks for NBOX1.2, with design targets up to 50 kW per rack for AI workloads. Part of iXAfrica's announced 22.5 MW campus plan, backed by Actis investment.
Where marketing and evidence diverge
Announced at 18 MW / 3,744 racks. Construction is underway per the operator, but no completion date has been published and the building does not yet appear on the PeeringDB register as an operating site.
Power
Kenya Power