New data centre and enhanced cloud services planned for Lagos

Details: Vaughan O'Grady; Category: Data Centres & Networks; 10 November 2025; 10976 views

It’s a major news day for data centre developments in Nigeria, and specifically Lagos, a city for which two leading names in Africa, Equinix and Rack Centre, have just announced big data centre and cloud service plans.

Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced its intention to open its latest high-performance data centre in the city. The US$22 million investment in LG3, as it will be known, marks the first phase of what is described as an ambitious investment plan involving around US$100 million aimed at transforming Africa’s digital landscape over the next two years.

Set to open in Q1 2026, the new site will deliver vital new infrastructure to Nigeria empowering local businesses to scale, while drawing international companies to the country in this strategically positioned hub for global connectivity.

The addition of the new LG3 data centre in Nigeria also brings the incorporation of Equinix Fabric into the metro, enabling businesses to securely connect their physical and virtual infrastructure to cloud service providers, partners, and other companies to other Equinix locations all around the world.

Equinix Fabric is a network-as-a-service platform that delivers private, secure, and on-demand connectivity across hybrid multicloud environments.

Since entering the African market in 2022, Equinix says it has expanded its presence in key African markets including Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire. Last year the company also opened its first data centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Meanwhile Rack Centre, a Tier III carrier and cloud-neutral data centre, has announced the launch of EdgeNext’s content delivery network (CDN) and cloud hosting services in Nigeria, hosted at Rack Centre’s facility in Lagos. EdgeNext is a global edge cloud platform specialising in CDN, cloud hosting, and edge computing solutions.

EdgeNext says its expansion into Nigeria addresses growing demand by improving content delivery and cloud hosting efficiency, ensuring fast and stable application performance, and empowering businesses to scale more effectively across the region.

EdgeNext adds that its global acceleration network enables smoother, lower-latency digital experiences for video, social media, and e-commerce platforms, serving Nigerian end users. At the same time, its flexible cloud hosting resources help small and medium-sized businesses and developers to deploy services quickly, reduce IT costs, and accelerate their digital transformation.

Recognising Nigeria's thriving gaming community, EdgeNext is also developing gaming cloud solutions that deliver low-latency, high-concurrency acceleration capabilities for mobile, PC and cloud gaming.

Looking ahead, EdgeNext say it is committed to driving the adoption of edge cloud computing in Nigeria, supporting the development of smart cities, fintech innovation, digital education, healthcare solutions, and other applications critical to the country’s economic transformation.

Rack Centre says its 13.5MW campus hosts over 73 carriers, ISPs, and network operators. The recently launched LGS2 facility achieves a design power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.35 using sustainable energy sources and provides direct connectivity to every subsea cable landing on Africa's Atlantic coast.