Nxtra by Airtel has started construction of its first data centre in Lagos, Nigeria.
The facility will deliver 38 MW of IT capacity and is expected to be live by the first quarter (Q1) of 2026. In addition, the company is targeting a power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.3.
The Lagos facility will be the first of five hyperscale data centres developed by Airtel Africa on the continent through Nxtra. Furthermore, a 7 MW data centre is planned in Nairobi, Kenya, which will have 7 MW of IT capacity.
Furthermore, these five data centres will offer a total of 180 MW capacity, distributed across 13 core data centres and over 48 edge data centres.
