Editorial Pipeline

12 foundational articles.

The articles that establish DC254's editorial foundation. Once these are published with verified sources, The Rack Report launches.

Progress105 of 105 published
Phase 1–6Foundations

The core concepts. What these things are and how they work.

What Is a Data Centre? A Plain-Language GuidePublished
Beginner10 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-27
What Is a Server? The Machines Powering the InternetPublished
Beginner10 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-28
Data Centre Tier Ratings: Tier I to IV ExplainedPublished
Beginner9 min0 claimsVerified 2026-09-16
What Is Colocation? Renting in a Kenyan Data CentrePublished
Beginner11 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-28
Data Centre Cooling: How Servers Stay Cool in KenyaPublished
Infrastructure10 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-27
Data Centre Security: Physical, Network, CompliancePublished
Beginner12 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-28
Phase 7–10Kenya

How Kenya's digital infrastructure is structured and why it matters.

How Data Centres Make Kenya East Africa's Digital HubPublished
Kenya12 min0 claimsVerified 2026-09-20
Konza Technopolis and Kenya's Data Centre FuturePublished
Kenya15 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-28
Kenya Data Centre Licensing: NFP-T1 and NFP-T2 ExplainedPublished
Policy12 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-27
Kenya Data Centre Market Outlook 2025-2030Published
Kenya14 min0 claimsVerified 2026-09-16
Phase 11–12Infrastructure

The systems that make data centres possible.

Where Should Kenya's Next Data Centre Be Built?Published
Infrastructure13 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-28
Edge Computing in East Africa: Bringing Compute CloserPublished
Infrastructure11 min0 claimsVerified 2026-08-28

Each article requires: research, sourcing, fact verification, Kenyan context, original analysis, and editing before publication.