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Safaricom Data Centre (Waiyaki Way)

Safaricom · Waiyaki Way, Westlands, Nairobi, Nairobi County

Safaricom Data Centre (Waiyaki Way) is a operational data centre facility in Nairobi, Kenya, operated by Safaricom. Its designed capacity is 2 MW, of which 1.5 MW of IT load is live. 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 side

1.5 MW

Live IT load

2 MW

Total capacity

120

Racks

III

Tier rating

Enterprise

Facility type

Precision air

Cooling

2013

Opened

Overview

Safaricom's primary data centre supporting M-Pesa, mobile network core, and enterprise cloud services.

Why it matters

Supports M-Pesa (processes KES 20+ trillion annually), Safaricom's 4G/5G core, and enterprise cloud. Not carrier-neutral, primarily serves Safaricom's own services.

Where marketing and evidence diverge

Not listed on the PeeringDB facility register (checked 8 Sep 2026), Safaricom's registered carrier-facing facility is Thika. Capacity figures here are estimates from press reporting, not operator-published.

Power

Kenya Power + diesel generators

Connectivity · 2 providers

  • Safaricom Fibre Fibre
  • Telkom Kenya Fibre