NBO1 Nairobi Data Centre
Also known as Africa Data Centres NBO1, ADC Kenya, Cassava Technologies Kenya
- Status
- Announced
- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Operator
- Africa Data Centres
- IT load
- Not disclosed
- Timeline
- Not disclosed
- Last verified
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.
Infrastructure
Tier certification explained- Connectivity
- Cassava Technologies pan-African fibre-optic network (high-speed, ultra-low-latency)
- confirmed Source [s1]
Workloads
Training versus 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.
Sources
How sources are ranked- [s0] NBO1 Nairobi Data Centre, Africa Data Centres
company official Retrieved 29 June 2026 Not yet archived
- [s1] Cassava Technologies announces Africa's first AI Factory powered by NVIDIA, Cassava Technologies
company official Retrieved 11 May 2026 Not yet archived
What these source types mean
- company official
- Press releases, investor relations filings, and product pages from the operating company.