Data centers in Kenya
Datacenter Atlas tracks 16 facilities in Kenya, 13 data centers and 1 network points of presence: 0.2% of the global inventory and #55 worldwide by facility count.
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MW: megawatts of power for the computers. PUE: all the electricity a site draws divided by what reaches its computers (1.0 = nothing lost). Networks present: telecom networks recorded at each site, added up. Record quality (A to D) rates the record, not the site. Glossary →
Map
Largest hubs
A hub is a town with at least 5 facilities, with its close neighbours. Facilities in smaller towns are not listed here, so the hubs do not add up to the country total.
Top operators
All 16 facilities
Sorted by disclosed IT load, then networks present. A row opens the full, source-linked record on the map. No IT load, PUE is disclosed for any of these sites, so the column is hidden.
| Facility | Operator | City | Networks | Record quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Data Centres, Nairobi NBO1, Kenya | Africa Data Centres | Nairobi | 117 | B |
| icolo.io Mombasa One (MBA1) | icolo | Miritini | 92 | B |
| icolo.io Nairobi One (NBO1) | icolo | Karen | 61 | A |
| iXAfrica NBOX1 (Nairobi X One) | IXAfrica Data Centre | Nairobi | 41 | B |
| icolo.io Mombasa Two (MBA2) | icolo | Nyali | 40 | B |
| PAIX Nairobi | PAIX Data Centres | Nairobi | 37 | B |
| Telkom - Telephone House - Mombasa | Telkom Kenya | Mombasa | 9 | B |
| SimbaNET Nairobi | SimbaNET Comm Limited | Gateway Business Park | 2 | B |
| Telkom - Milimani Data Center - Nairobi | Telkom Kenya | Nairobi | 2 | B |
| icolo.io Nairobi Two (NBO2) | icolo | Karen | 2 | B |
| Telkom - Telephone House - Nairobi | Telkom Kenya | Nairobi | 1 | B |
| Nairobi NBO2 | Digital Realty | Nairobi | – | B |
| Mombasa MBA1 | Digital Realty | Mombasa | – | B |
| Mombasa MBA2 | Digital Realty | Mombasa | – | B |
| Nairobi NBO1 | Digital Realty | Nairobi | – | B |
| Server Room | – | – | – | C |
⚡ Electricity context
- Electricity demand
- 15.6 TWh (2025)
- Grid carbon intensity
- 95 gCO₂/kWh
- Renewables share
- 90 %
- Low-carbon share
- 90 %
Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0). Method
Water & climate exposure
- Data centers at high water stress (index ≥ 60)
- 0 of the 13 scored
- Median baseline water stress (WRI Aqueduct, 0–5)
- 0.9
- Median riverine flood risk (0–5)
- 1.2
- Free-cooling hours ≤ 18 °C (median)
- 2,907 h/yr (33 %)
- Median cooling degree days
- 1,186
Derived indicators: WRI Aqueduct 4.0, GHSL, climate normals. See methodology. Method
Social friction index
Main driver: Neighbourhood (72/100)
How close people live: residents within 1 km and distance to the nearest homes. High = many close neighbours.
- Water
- Energy & grid
- Neighbourhood
- Concentration
- Policy context
- Observed conflict
Composite of water, grid, neighbourhood, concentration, policy and observed-conflict pressure. A derived indicator: not a measurement of public opinion. Method
Regulation
1 measure recorded
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Documented local conflicts & agreements
No documented case yet. Know one? Send it with a source.
Announced large projects
- Microsoft-G42 Olkaria geothermal data center · Microsoft / G42 · paused · 100 MW announced
Questions
How many data centers are there in Kenya?
Datacenter Atlas (release 26.08-c2) records 16 facilities in Kenya: 13 data centers, 1 network points of presence and 2 unclassified sites. The count covers facilities documented in OpenStreetMap, PeeringDB, Wikidata and operator disclosures.
Which companies operate data centers in Kenya?
The operators with the most tracked facilities in Kenya are icolo, Digital Realty, Telkom Kenya, Africa Data Centres, SimbaNET Comm Limited.
Where are data centers concentrated in Kenya?
The largest hubs by facility count are Nairobi (10), Mombasa (5).
Cite this page: Datacenter Atlas (2026). Kenya, release 26.08-c2. https://www.datacenter-atlas.com/country/kenya · ODbL / CC BY 4.0