The Raxio Group is establishing and investing in ‘Raxio Abidjan’, the first carrier neutral Tier III data centre in Ivory Coast.
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Raxio Abidjan is the latest facility to be part of Raxio’s fast expanding network of interconnected data centres across the African continent.
Raxio Abidjan is being developed at the Ivory Coast Village of Innovation and Technology ideally located approximately 30KM from the city centre of Abidjan. The site is supported by a redundant power supply and excellent domestic and international connectivity.
From this location Raxio Abidjan will be serving customers in Abidjan and in the wider UEMOA region, from a wide range of sectors, at a time when digital transformation, data and content consumption, and connectivity are all increasing at historic rates.
Set to be commissioned in 2023, Raxio Abidjan will be the fifth data centre in Raxio’s portfolio of facilities in Africa, and the first in West Africa.
The colocation data centre is being developed in collaboration with Master Power Technologies and will deliver much needed colocation capacity, cross connection services with local and international carriers and a series of value-added services to the region.
Ivory Coast is the regional hub for the West African Economic Monetary and Economic Union (WAEMU or UEMOA), which includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
With regulation allowing banks and other financial institutions to freely store and transfer data across the economic block, it is the ideal location for businesses from across the region to colocate their disaster recovery infrastructure in a professionally managed, highly reliable facility in Abidjan.
Raxio Abidjan will offer its customers an optimized environment for their IT equipment in a facility built consistent with the “metro edge” principles applied across Raxio’s portfolio.
It will be fully equipped with industry leading technology solutions that not only ensure full redundancy and maximized uptime, but also optimize power consumption and energy efficiency. The facility is designed to scale as customer needs grow.
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