MTN Nigeria’s tier 4 data centre being constructed in Lagos, and expected to be “the biggest in West Africa” is scheduled to be completed by December 2024, Karl Toriola, CEO of the nation’s largest mobile company has hinted about the ambitious project.
The MTN data centre, the company says, expected to be delivered by December 2024, “will be achieving the fastest construction of data centre in Africa.”
The MTN Nigeria CEO, who inspected the data centre construction underway “some days ago” alongside the mobile phone company’s CTO, Mohammed Rufai and CFO, Modupe Kadri, also shared a timelapse video of the facility’s buildout.
Providing a progress report, MTN Nigeria says the builders of the data centre took 80 days to complete the building of its foundation, and 100 days to produce 64 prefabricated modular containers during the construction of the data centre.
It also took 20 days to hoist the 64 modules on a two-layer stacked building covering an area of three hundred square metres (300 m2).
According to the mobile phone company, the MTN data centre, with its seven degrees of transmission connectivity, will be “making it the biggest when finished.”
The MTN data centre, the company says, expected to be delivered by December 2024, “will be achieving the fastest construction of data centre in Africa.”
Toriola said that, “our commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles is reflected in the data centre’s eco-friendly design to utilise efficient cooling systems and a combination of traditional energy sources, gas, and renewable energy.”
According to the MTN Nigeria CEO, “we applaud our partners, led by Huawei, for all the incredible work done so far, and their commitment to delivering the entire project at the appointed time.”