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Brief / 01Annual Review · September 2026

State of Kenyan Data Centres 2026

The verified annual review of Kenya's data centre market: the honestly staged supply pipeline, the PeeringDB interconnection league table, certification records read precisely, and the four events that will decide 2027. The web edition re-computes from the live dataset on every visit; the PDF is the dated deep-dive edition.

27

facilities

230 MW

pipeline

122

top networks

8/20

carrier-neutral

SOTM · 2026-Q3Quarterly Report · 19 September 2026

State of the Market 2026-Q3

The first quarterly edition, pinned to the frozen 2026-Q3 snapshot: the quarter's supply picture, digests from the three new market trackers (subsea cables, power tariffs, licensing), the first East Africa regional records, and the citable dataset bundle in CSV. The figures you cite are the figures the bundle contains.

31

records

230 MW

announced pipeline

7

cables in service

4

countries

Rack Report · Issue 0025 October 2026 · 8 pages

The Rack Report, Issue 002

The monthly intelligence briefing for the people building, financing and regulating Kenya's digital infrastructure. Issue 002: 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.

Rack Report · Issue 00114 September 2026 · 8 pages

The Rack Report, Issue 001

The first issue of the briefing: the CA licence consultation, $600M in AmCham pledges, Amaco's $1.5B Mombasa plan, and LuLu and the northern route. The PDF is the exact edition subscribers receive; the Rack Report page carries the signup and the latest reporting behind it.

Index · First editionAugust 2026 · 10 pages

Kenya Data Centre Index 2026

The first open, facility-level census of Kenya's data centre market, supply pipeline, quantum landscape, interconnection context, outlook and data provenance, every number sourced and dated. Superseded figures: the August dataset tracked 16 facilities; Brief / 01 carries the September verification at 26.

Brief / 02 · In production

Powering Data Centres

Kenya's grid constraint, geothermal supply, PUE and the energy-to-capacity equation, the sequel the 2027 watchlist keeps pointing at. Same shape as Brief / 01: a cover image, a three-point summary, two infographics, dated sources.

Coming after the 2027 watchlist events start landing

The DC254 brief format

Every DC254 document takes the same simple structure from here on: a relevant cover image, a three-point summary you can read in thirty seconds, one or two infographics that carry the argument, and dated sources at the back. No fifty-page decks, no registration gates, the web edition is always free, the PDF is always downloadable.