MainOne,
the first privately-owned subsea cable in West Africa has unveiled the construction
of a new Tier III + Data centre at 1,500 square meters with a 600 rack
capacity.
Speaking
on the project at the cable landing station in Lagos to
DigitalSENSE Business News, the
Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke said
that the new Data Centre will leverage on MainOne’s network which is peered
with leading operators and internet exchanges worldwide to provide global reach
to its customers across all locations.
Opeke said
the project when completed will have redundancy such that there is no single
point of failure within the facility and added that the MainOne Data Center at
Lekki will pave way for the establishment of additional Data Centers and Point
of Presence (POPs) across Nigeria and other West African nations
The Chief
Sales and Marketing Officer, MainOne, Mr Folu Aderibigbe said that the project
is further proof of MainOne’s commitment to enhance infrastructure within its
primary markets, aid in the reduction of information technology costs and risk
as well as transform Africa into a digital economy.
Aderibigbe explained that one of the unique
features of MainOne is its direct access
to MainOne Metro and International fibre and all the major interconnection with
telecom networks in Nigeria and Ghana,
DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that MainOne recently received a $100
million( about N15billion) refinancing facility from Standard Chartered Bank
and a consortium of other Nigerian banks to help fund its infrastructure
expansion including fibre around the country, metro Lagos, and nationwide POPs.
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Pix: Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke
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