Kenya Data Center Investment Report 2021

Beth McCandry

DUBLIN, 23 August 2021 / PRNewswire / – Kenya Data Center – Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2021-2026 report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

Kenya The data center market will grow at a CAGR of 12.36% over the 2021-2026 period.

The data center market in Kenya comprises around six unique external data center service providers who operate around nine facilities. Kenya is one of Africa primary data center hubs and is considered the gateway to the East African region.

Nairobi, the capital, is a favorable location for data center development. In Kenya, Unaitas Sacco, a finance company, selected Eastra Solutions for the installation and commissioning services for the Unaitas data center. Atos is investing in the development of a new data center in Kenya with around $ 260 million Investment in Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC) in Butere, Kakamega County.

KENYA DATA CENTER MARKET PROVIDER LANDSCAPE

icolo.io (Digital Realty), IXAfrica, PAIX, Teraco Data Environments and Wingu are some of the major investors in the Kenya Data center.

Huawei Technologies is a leader in modular data centers with multiple efficient and reliable deployments. All vendors have taken precautions to reduce disruptions in their supply chain operations. The most popular servers in the industry include rack and blade servers from Cisco Systems, HPE, Dell Technologies, IBM, and Lenovo.

KENYA DATA CENTER MARKET INSIGHTS

  • Kenya is witness to the increasing adoption of digital services such as cloud, big data and IoT, which are increasing the demand for data centers in the region.
  • Most of the facilities in Kenya are based in Nairobi. Investments in data centers in other cities are expected in the market in the coming years, with Mombasa becoming a popular hub.
  • In Kenya, On-premise data centers support digitization and experience how companies switch to cloud and colocation facilities in the forecast period.
  • In 2020, wholesale colocation accounted for around 5% of the market share, and retail colocation accounted for around 95% in Kenya.
  • In terms of server infrastructure, the demand for ODM servers among the major service providers is increasing the growth of the Kenya Data center.
  • Due to the rise in COVID-19-induced demand, colocation service providers recorded heavy use of their data center space by existing customers.
  • The country has several local plant operators. Global operators are entering the space by acquiring local operators or through partnerships.
  • Investments in submarine cables on the market have increased in recent years. Major investors include telecommunications providers and hyperscale operators who are working to create strong fiber links and links across the country.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT

  • The growth of the physical security market depends largely on the increasing number of new buildings being built in the Kenya Data Center Market.
  • In Kenya, there are four facilities that have been certified as Tier III Standard Facilities by the Uptime Institute.
  • Nairobi is home to around six existing plants in operation. IXAfrica and Teraco Data Environments will invest in about four future facilities in the coming years.
  • In 2020, Huawei was involved in the development of the Konza Smart City and the data center phase 1 and phase 2 with around $ 30 million Investment.
  • In 2020, AWS data center partnered with Kenya Safaricom in East Africato facilitate cloud computing services that enable easy access to technologies such as big data, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and artificial intelligence.

IT infrastructure provider

  • Arista networks
  • acts
  • Cisco systems
  • Dell Technologies
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
  • Huawei technologies
  • IBM
  • Lenovo
  • NetApp

Building contractors and subcontractors

  • Chess company
  • Copy cat group
  • Eastra solutions
  • Egypt
  • Future technology
  • HubTech
  • Kinetic controls
  • Norkun recordings
  • Remax advice
  • Tetra Tech
  • Westwood management

Support infrastructure providers

  • FIG
  • carrier
  • Caterpillar
  • Cummins
  • Delta electronics
  • eat
  • Fuji Electric
  • Legrand
  • Rolls-Royce Power Systems
  • Rittal
  • Schneider Electric
  • Siemens
  • STULZ
  • Vertiv

Main investors

  • icolo.io (digital real estate)
  • IXAfrica
  • PEACE data centers
  • Teraco data environments
  • cloud

REPORT COVERAGE:

This report analyzes the Kenya Data center market share and detailed analysis of existing and future facilities, data center investments in terms of IT, electrical, mechanical infrastructure, general construction, animal standards and geography. It discusses the market size and investment estimate for various segments.

EXISTING VS. UPCOMING DATA CENTERS

  • Existing facilities in the region (area and electricity capacity)
  • Nairobi
  • Other cities
  • List of upcoming facilities in the region (area and electricity capacity)

KENYA INVESTMENT COVERAGE FOR DATA CENTER

Infrastructure type

  • IT infrastructure
  • Electrical infrastructure
  • Mechanical infrastructure
  • General construction

IT infrastructure

  • server
  • Storage systems
  • Network infrastructure

Electrical infrastructure

  • UPS systems
  • Generators
  • Transfer switches and switching devices
  • PDUs
  • Other electrical infrastructure

Mechanical infrastructure

  • Cooling systems
  • Rack cabinets
  • Other mechanical infrastructure

Cooling systems

  • CRAC and CRAH units
  • cooler
  • Cooling towers, condensers and dry coolers
  • Economiser & evaporative cooler
  • Other cooling units

General construction

  • Building development
  • Installation and commissioning services
  • Construction and engineering design
  • Physical security
  • DCIM

Step segments

  • Level I and Level II
  • Stage III
  • Stage IV

geography

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