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“ The new Tilisi development is at 2,200 metres altitude , so it ’ s about five degrees cooler . It ’ s 20 or 21 degrees during the day and maybe 10 at night . Below 14 degrees , you can use free cooling in data centres . So that ’ s what we ’ ll be doing . It ’ s very exciting to have that second campus .”
Catering to growing demands in East Africa Using an analogy of a data centre being the head of the internet as it houses the technology for it to function , Willner likens long distance networks to the body and arms , the fingers are the last mile , whether mobile telecoms , fibre to the home or WiFI in a village .
“ Everything is connected and therefore everything has to be built in synchronisation ,” Willner illustrates . “ There ’ s no point in having a data centre if there ’ s no network . This is all part of a whole development in Africa in general . Dozens of companies are now laying fibre across Africa ,
and also into small communities . We are part of that whole ecosystem where everybody has to do their own thing .”
For this reason , Willner attests that IXAfrica ’ s carrier-neutral and vendor-neutral qualities makes it favourable and desirable to its current and future clients .
By providing state-of-the-art infrastructure , green power availability , advanced security measures , and efficient cooling solutions , IXAfrica is poised to play a pivotal role in bolstering East Africa ’ s technology landscape .”
“ In terms of environmental responsibility I think we ’ re probably about a decade ahead of most of Europe ,” he says , proudly . “ We ’ ve been able to use local construction techniques and not import a whole load of glass and steel from Europe or Southeast Asia . We ’ ve got 90 % green grid . We ’ re in a super lucky position in Kenya to have geothermal energy .”
132 November 2023