The past few years have seen a few niche specific sectors emerge from the traditional real estate sectors, and one of them is the data centres sector. This specific use is increasingly becoming in demand in Africa, as global investors see opportunity in its current under supply.

Some of the major investments by global market players include: Actis (Rack Data Centre), African Data Centres, Equinix, Acronis, amongst others. Major beneficiary cities from these investments include: Johannesburg, Nairobi, and Lagos. 

Currently, Estate intel is tracking a total data centres capacity of 60 MW in Nairobi. These data centres are spread across areas such as: Karen, Upperhill, Lenana road, Langata road, amongst others. It is noteworthy to state that 60% of this total supply is currently in the pipeline, and we expect more to be added. 

This supply is being driven by rising internet usage and data services nationwide, as well as the location of global tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Visa.

As such based on our analysis, we believe the market outlook for this special niche sector is positive.

You can now access our new data centres market dashboard across Lagos, Accra, and Nairobi by subscribing to Estate Intel’s platform. This dashboard allows you to access market information such as: total number of data centres, total area occupied, total power capacity, and occupiers’ segments.

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