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Equinix to Expand into Africa with Acquisition of MainOne

Expansion Aims to Enable Organizations to Accelerate Digital Transformation throughout Africa

Equinix, Inc.(www.Equinix.com) (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company™, today announced its expansion into Africa through its intended acquisition of MainOne (www.MainOne.net), a leading West African data center and connectivity solutions provider, with presence in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The acquisition is expected to close Q1 of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of…

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Energy efficiency is key to the sustainability of data centres in Africa

Africa is experiencing some of the fastest growth in internet access seen around the world, largely due to its young population

Access to affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable sources of electricity is a pressing issue for the growing number of Data Centre operators across Africa. These facilities need to ensure a high availability of power to mitigate downtime, but many African countries face frequent power outages. Existing Data Centres have relied…

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Mdxi-MainOne Consolidates Position In Building West African Digital Ecosystem

The company has used its affiliation with the MainOne Group, presence in multiple countries, and access to all major operators across the region

MDXi, a MainOne (www.MainOne.net) company, continues to consolidate its position as the leading Data Center Business across West Africa with the launch of its recent Data Center in Appolonia City, Ghana. In an environment where there is still a dearth of infrastructure, the company has used its affiliation with the…

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MainOne Celebrates 10 Years of Enabling West Africa’s Digital Revolution

Since inception, MainOne has invested in over $400m in infrastructure in West Africa as part of its efforts to bridge the digital divide and enable the digital economy

MainOne (www.MainOne.net), West Africa’s leading provider of Wholesale and Enterprise connectivity and data center services celebrates 10 years of delivering innovative, world-class service in West Africa. Ten years ago, the company launched its operations with the commissioning of the first private submarine cable on the West Coast of Africa. The…

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MainOne partners Government and the World Bank to Deliver Connectivity Services into Burkina Faso

As a landlocked country, Burkina Faso has faced difficulties in accessing world-class connectivity and maintaining ubiquitous broadband internet access due to the lack of infrastructure

MainOne (www.MainOne.net), West Africa’s premier connectivity and data center solution provider, has been entrusted by the State of Burkina Faso, backed by the World Bank, to provide bulk connectivity services to a consortium of operators through the PAV-Burkina Cooperative, for the next three (3) years. Following an international bid to…

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MainOne commence Construction Work at MDXi Data Center in Appolonia City

When completed, it will deliver best in class facility uptime and operational performance at very efficient shared services cost for hosting and operating core IT infrastructure and services

Consistent with the announcement of its planned MDXi (www.MDX-i.com) Ghana Data Center project in September 2019, West Africa’s premier connectivity and data center solution provider, MainOne (www.MainOne.net), has commenced construction activities on the project with official site groundbreaking at the Appolonia City enclave on the 15th of May 2020. This…

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MDXi to unveil first locally available Microsoft Stack Cloud offering at Nerds Unite 2020 in partnership with Microsoft and HPE

With the introduction of the local offering of Microsoft’s Azure Stack services, MDXi will be the first data center in Nigeria to offer the Cloud service commercially to customers

MDXi, MainOne’s (www.MainOne.net) data center subsidiary, will announce the local offering of Microsoft’s Azure Stack to its customers as part of its ‘Managed Cloud Services’. The Stack platform provided in partnership with Microsoft and HPE will be unveiled at MainOne’s 5th annual gathering of customers, partners and tech professionals, called…

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Mainone’s Submarine Cable, Ready for Service in Cote d’Ivoire

MainOne’s entry into the Cote d’Ivoire market will facilitate world-class infrastructure availability and accessibility that meets market needs at any time

MainOne (https://www.MainOne.net/) today announces its submarine cable in Cote d’Ivoire is live and ready for service. The project, notable for being the first commercial cable system in service to deploy spectrum sharing capabilities, will offer capabilities to deepen infrastructure sharing and lower the cost of delivering broadband services to the…

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MainOne lands submarine cable in Cote D’Ivoire

The Grand Bassam landing which follows the recent completion of the landing in Dakar Senegal will extend the reach of the cable into Cote D’Ivoire and neighboring countries

MainOne (www.MainOne.net) has finally landed its submarine cable in Grand Bassam, Cote D’Iviore, which is the final leg of the ongoing expansion to reach Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire. The Grand Bassam landing which follows the recent completion of the landing in Dakar Senegal will extend the reach of the cable…

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MainOne expands Data Center Footprint in Ghana

The Tier III facility will be constructed on 4,047 sqm land area in Appolonia City

MainOne (www.MainOne.net) has announced the expansion of its data center brand, MDXi (www.MDX-i.com), into Accra Ghana, in line with its ongoing West African expansion plans.  The company’s MDXi subsidiary, the largest commercial data center services provider in West Africa, is extending its imprint into Ghana with the new facility to…