In a strategic move to bolster Nigeria's digital infrastructure, MTN Nigeria has unveiled plans to construct the largest data center in West Africa.

This ambitious project will feature a state-of-the-art, Tier 4 data center with a capacity of 1,500 racks, designed to address the increasing data demands of businesses and consumers across the region.

MTN's Chief Technical Officer, Mohammed Rufai, provided detailed insights into the project during a recent interview. He emphasized the critical necessity of expanding data processing capabilities to keep pace with the significant growth in data usage and the advent of new digital services.

"We are witnessing a substantial increase in market demand, with data usage rising dramatically. To meet this demand and prepare for future growth, we are proactively expanding and modernizing our data center capacity. This ensures we are ready for expansion at the opportune moment".

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And how exactly will this benefit us all?

Where will this data center be located?

givedemwotowoto:
Where will this data center be located?

Ikeja, Lagos.

Of course, Nigerians are their largest subscribers world wide even if all other national subscribers are combined, they'd be one third of their Nigeria's subs.

I thought it was already at finishing stage with rack center. I am wondering how it will play out because mtn is likely to make another loss this second quarter, will the data center be an asset or liability considering the huge power that would be required to run it and equipment cost ,let mtn not go the way of Etisalat through over investment in an economy that Microsoft and Facebook are pulling out

MTN Nigeria 🇳🇬 is now a franchise wholly managed by Nigerians so this is commendable







Sata Frica xenophobes should steer clear!

More topnotch, A-rated, high value companies with high paying jobs keep trooping to President Tinubu's Lagos due to his robust legacies but the only thing that 3rd class agulu criminal brought to his state was a brewery that produces only alcohol so that he can profit from making his people drunkards, kill them slowly through damaged livers and later pay them condolence visits to mock their stupidity.

But if they are said it will be built in Ghana you'd be all over the cyberspace lamenting yet you can not tell how this will benefit Nigeria if built in the country.

What are you Ipob obidient or Igbo ?!

Princeton92:
And how exactly will this benefit us all?

EcoNews:
But if they are said it will be built in Ghana you'd be all over the cyberspace lamenting yet you can not tell how this will benefit Nigeria if built in the country.
What are you Ipob obidient or Igbo ?!

Where ever they build no concern me, I just asked an honest question which I guess you dunno the answer to it. BTW I'm neither of them sha

For the sake of equity, this project should be sited in Abia State.

kettykin:
I thought it was already at finishing stage with rack center. I am wondering how it will play out because mtn is likely to make another loss this second quarter, will the data center be an asset or liability considering the huge power that would be required to run it and equipment cost ,let mtn not go the way of Etisalat through over investment in an economy that Microsoft and Facebook are pulling out

You must think you are smarter than the CFO that approved the project for you to be questioning his decision. Google him

ResidentSnitch:
For the sake of equity, this project should be sited in Abia State.

mumu

ResidentSnitch:
For the sake of equity, this project should be sited in Abia State.

So that IPOB can blow it 😂

kettykin:
I thought it was already at finishing stage with rack center. I am wondering how it will play out because mtn is likely to make another loss this second quarter, will the data center be an asset or liability considering the huge power that would be required to run it and equipment cost ,let mtn not go the way of Etisalat through over investment in an economy that Microsoft and Facebook are pulling out

Microsoft and Facebook are operating in Nigeria and have no plans to pull out

What are the major investment that Etisalat spend on in Nigeria?

lordm:
mumu

You are poorly educated.

chopnaira:

So that IPOB can blow it 😂

So where do you prefer it to be situated? Ogbomosho or Ibadam?
You're a very unserious person.

Glory glory MTN!!

MTN keeps reaping Nigerians off yet some ediots are celebrating this.

I can bet my balls that MTN cannot survive in countries like USA, Canada etc Where data prices is being checkmated by the govt and of course we have no govt here in Nigeria, more reason MTN keeps reaping Nigerians off back to back