MTN Launches West Africa’s Largest Tier III Data Centre

MTN enters B2B commercial data hosting market with Sifiso Dabengwa Data Centre situated in Lagos Nigeria.

MTN Launches West Africa’s Largest Tier III Data Centre

MTN Nigeria has announced the launch of largest Tier-3 Data Centre in West Africa. The data centre is named "Sifiso Dabengwa Data Centre," and it's also classified as one of the largest in Africa. The data centre boasts a capacity of nine megawatts and features advanced cloud infrastructure. The data centre possesses two (2) phases: phase one and phase two. However, MTN has rolled out the first phase of the data centre which is offering 4.5 megawatts IT load/capacity. The phase one (1) covers three stories, contains 780 server racks, and costs $100 million to build. Once fully operational, the data centre will achieve a 9MW capacity. The second phase will be deployed in response to growing demand for Tier IV certification—the top global standard for reliability and redundancy—costing an estimated $135 million. Quick Hints: A Tier-3 data centre is a type of data facility that offers a high level of availability, reliability, and redundancy. It is part of the Uptime Institute…

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