Digital Parks Africa (DPA), the African data center business associated with Master Power Technologies Group, has announced it is expanding its West African footprint with the development of a new carrier-neutral data center in Lagos, Nigeria.
The project was announced last week during ITW Africa in Kenya. The Nigeria Data Centre 1 (NDC1) will form part of DPA’s portfolio and is intended to cater to businesses that require reliable, resilient, and local infrastructure. According to a press release, this includes financial institutions, cloud providers, and connectivity providers.
“Our investment in Nigeria is much more than a new facility. It is the next step in our longstanding commitment to the region, and for our broader vision for Africa’s digital future. Over the last two decades operating in Nigeria, we have a clear understanding of the market and of the need for infrastructure that can keep pace with businesses and the growing digital ecosystem. Through NDC1, we are building on that foundation and strengthening our ability to enable an increasingly connected African economy,” said Menno Parsons, Digital Parks Africa Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
The NDC1 facility will reportedly grow as the market demands, but DPA has not shared how much capacity it intends to support during the initial buildout. The company engaged the Uptime Institute for the Tier IV Certification of Constructed Facility assessment.
“As Africa’s economy continues to grow, resilient and reliable data centre capacity is critical to support the next generation of digital services. DPA’s collaboration with Uptime Institute reflects a commitment to developing infrastructure around leading standards and to supporting the needs around a burgeoning digital ecosystem,” said Tarik Bahanniss, Uptime Institute Managing Director and Vice President for Africa.
DPA operates two data centers in South Africa, where it just launched an exascale AI cloud together with Stratos Lab and ECOBLOX. The AI cloud will feature more than 50 NVIDIA B300 HGX GPU servers containing over 400 GPUs.
Nigeria’s data center market is expected to grow from a value of US$ 322.65 million in 2025 to US$ 78.82 million by 2031, according to Mordor Intelligence. The market is heavily constrained by a lack of power forcing data centers to rely on diesel generation meaning developers often have to invest in generating their own power as the government works to improve its energy availability.