The Rack Report · by DataCentre254
The monthly briefing on Kenya and East Africa's digital infrastructure.
The Rack Report is DC254's monthly infrastructure briefing. Every issue distils the most important developments across the market: new and expanding data centres, operator activity, capacity changes, power and connectivity, subsea cables, AI projects, policy and major investment announcements.
The goal is not to repeat every press release. It is to help you understand what actually changed, what is verified, what remains uncertain and what deserves attention next.
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Prefer to look first? Read a sample issue (Issue 001, PDF).
What lands in every briefing
A consistent structure, so you can scan the whole industry in one read, and jump straight to the section you care about.
The Headline
The biggest development of the month, and what it actually means.
By the Numbers
One important industry statistic, sourced and put in context.
Infrastructure
What's happening with data centres, builds, capacity, operators.
Power
Energy developments affecting the industry: tariffs, generation, grid.
Connectivity
Subsea cables, fibre, IXPs and network expansion.
Money
Investment, funding, acquisitions and expansion deals.
Policy
Government and regulatory developments that move the market.
What We're Watching
Two to three developments likely to matter next, before they land.
From DataCentre254
Links to our strongest analysis of the month, for going deeper.
Publication cadence
A cadence is a promise, so here it is in writing. If the first Monday ever slips, the issue ships the next day with a dated editor's note; issues are numbered and never skipped silently.
Monthly, first Monday
One issue, every month, sequential numbering. Sent 06:00 EAT so Nairobi starts with it.
One sponsor, labelled
A single clearly-marked sponsor message per issue, never blended into the reporting.
Sources in the send
Same verification chain as the site: dated claims, named sources, confidence stated.
Read Issue #002
Issue 002 ships on Monday 5 October 2026: the US DFC's largest-ever equity bet, up to $155M into WIOCC and what it means for Kenya's bandwidth, NBO2's 6.4MW of delivered capacity, why generation is not reliability, and the CA licence consultation closing on 8 October.
The Rack Report · Issue 002
Monday 5 October 2026 · 8 pages · PDF, about 430 KB
Past issues: Issue 001 · 14 September 2026 · the CA licence consultation, $600M in AmCham pledges, Amaco's $1.5B Mombasa plan, LuLu and the northern route.
From the reporting
The reporting the briefing draws on, researched, sourced, published openly.
Kenya
Data Centre Physical Security in Kenya: The Layers
How Kenyan data centres stack physical defences: perimeter, guards, biometrics, mantraps, CCTV retention, rack locks and audit logs. What to verify on a site tour.
Kenya
ISO 27001 for Data Centres in Kenya: What It Takes
What ISO 27001 certification requires from a Kenyan data centre: the ISMS, the audit cycle, the physical controls, and how it maps to the Data Protection Act.
Energy
Why Power Reliability Shapes Kenya's Data Centres
Africa's problem is grid reliability, not generation. How uptime engineering, geothermal baseload and on-site power shape Kenya's data centres.
Kenya
What Can Hit a Kenyan Data Centre, and the Fix
DDoS, ransomware, data harvesting, insiders and physical intrusion: the attack types that hit Kenyan data infrastructure, real examples, and the defences that work.
For advertisers
Reach Kenya's digital infrastructure decision-makers. The Rack Report is a specialist channel, one sponsor per issue, clearly labelled, with a tracked click report every month. Current audience numbers and pricing are always live, never inflated.
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