SEACOM Mombasa Cable Landing Station
SEACOM · Mombasa (Swahili Cultural Centre site), Mombasa, Mombasa County
SEACOM Mombasa Cable Landing Station is a operational data centre facility in Mombasa, Kenya, operated by SEACOM. 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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Facility type
2009
Opened
Overview
The SEACOM cable landing station in Mombasa, not a commercial colocation facility, but a heavily used interconnection point with 30+ networks registered.
Why it matters
SEACOM was the first private submarine cable to serve East Africa (2009). The landing station itself is registered on PeeringDB with 30+ networks, a measure of how much traffic is handed over here.
Where marketing and evidence diverge
A cable landing station, not commercial colocation, included because it appears on the PeeringDB register and matters for understanding Mombasa's connectivity role.
Power
Kenya Power + backup
Connectivity · 1 provider
- SEACOM Submarine
Verification
Verified5 claims · 1 source · Independent (1)Last editorial evidence review: 2026-09-22
Editor decision, 2026-09-22: verification covers the existence and type of the SEACOM Mombasa cable landing station; exact address and full ancillary specifications remain separate claims. SEACOM's site is a JS-rendered shell and TeleGeography's map is client-rendered, so the operator documentation, landing-point lists and cable maps the editor checked are not yet captured as store documents (follow-up fetch).
View evidence
SEACOM operates the Mombasa cable landing station.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: SEACOM documentation, landing-point lists and independent cable maps confirm the Mombasa CLS. 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.
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #1648 (SEACOM Mombasa CLS) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2013-10-01
“PeeringDB record: name "SEACOM Mombasa CLS"; org "SEACOM Limited"; address1 "Swahili Cultural Centre"; Mombasa, Kenya; 31 networks present; record created 2013-10-01”
The Mombasa CLS is operated by SEACOM Limited.
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: the registry names the operator as SEACOM Limited; SEACOM documentation confirms. 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.
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #1648 (SEACOM Mombasa CLS) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2013-10-01
“PeeringDB record: name "SEACOM Mombasa CLS"; org "SEACOM Limited"; address1 "Swahili Cultural Centre"; Mombasa, Kenya; 31 networks present; record created 2013-10-01”
The facility's primary role is submarine cable termination (cable landing station).
verifiedEditor review 2026-09-22: cable landing station role confirmed via SEACOM documentation and independent cable maps. 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.
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #1648 (SEACOM Mombasa CLS) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2013-10-01
“PeeringDB record: name "SEACOM Mombasa CLS"; org "SEACOM Limited"; address1 "Swahili Cultural Centre"; Mombasa, Kenya; 31 networks present; record created 2013-10-01”
The SEACOM Mombasa cable landing station is located in Mombasa, Kenya.
verifiedCity-level location is part of the editor-verified existence finding (landing-point lists and cable maps). The street-level address (Swahili Cultural Centre, per the registry) remains a separate, not-yet-corroborated claim, per the editor: exact address and full ancillary specs are separate claims. 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.
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #1648 (SEACOM Mombasa CLS) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2013-10-01
“PeeringDB record: name "SEACOM Mombasa CLS"; org "SEACOM Limited"; address1 "Swahili Cultural Centre"; Mombasa, Kenya; 31 networks present; record created 2013-10-01”
The CLS is operational.
reviewThe editor's verification covers existence and type of the landing station; an explicit in-service statement has not been captured, so operational status stays at Review. The registry record has been active since 2013 with 31 networks.
- Tier 2 · IndependentPeeringDB facility record #1648 (SEACOM Mombasa CLS) retrieved 2026-09-22 · published 2013-10-01
“PeeringDB record: name "SEACOM Mombasa CLS"; org "SEACOM Limited"; address1 "Swahili Cultural Centre"; Mombasa, Kenya; 31 networks present; record created 2013-10-01”
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