NBO1 Nairobi Data Centre
AnnouncedAlso known as: Africa Data Centres NBO1 · ADC Kenya · Cassava Technologies Kenya
Overview
NBO1 Nairobi Data Centre is the named Africa Data Centres facility in Nairobi. Cassava
Technologies' press release names Kenya as one of four countries earmarked for AI Factory
expansion beyond South Africa (alongside Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria), but does not confirm
whether the AI Factory expansion maps specifically to NBO1.
Update this record when Cassava publishes a country-specific announcement.
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Infrastructure
Tier guide →- Connectivity
- Cassava Technologies pan-African fibre-optic network (high-speed, ultra-low-latency)
confirmed
[s1]
Workload Profile
Training vs inference → AI Training AI Inference General Cloud
Planned AI Factory expansion. Workload profile inferred from the SA deployment model — NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) accelerated computing for training and inference. No Kenya-specific capacity or timeline disclosed in the source.
Entities
Operator
Africa Data Centres
Owner
Africa Data Centres
Location
Nairobi, Nairobi County, KE
-1.2921, 36.8219
city precisionStatus History
-
announced
2026-05-11
Expansion to Kenya announced in Cassava press release alongside Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria. No site details given.
Record
- ID
- adc-nbo1-nairobi
- First tracked
- 2026-05-11
- Last verified
- 2026-05-11
Sources
- s0 NBO1 Nairobi Data Centre — Africa Data Centrescompany official retrieved 2026-06-29 not yet archived
- s1 Cassava Technologies announces Africa's first AI Factory powered by NVIDIA — Cassava Technologiescompany official retrieved 2026-05-11 not yet archived
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