A group of Kenyan investors under the trade name Icolo.io is building a Sh850 million data centre in Nairobi. The construction commenced last month and is set to be completed by the end of 2017. The data centre will be situated on land leased from Catholic University of Eastern Africa, and will span 27,000 square feet.
“The data centre will be built in two phases,” icolo.io Chief Executive Officer Ranjith Cherickel said yesterday during a media briefing. “The first phase will have a capacity of 42 racks, while the second will have 240,” he added.