By Modupe Gbadeyanka
As the leading carrier-neutral data centre provider in West Africa, MainOne, is preparing for the launch of its data centre in Accra, Ghana, customers have been assured 100 per cent uptime.
A statement from the firm disclosed that the facility would be launched this month and it would boost business operations in the area.
MainOne is the leading provider of connectivity, cloud and data centre solutions in West Africa. The Appolonia Data Centre is located 20 kilometres from the heart of Accra.
The centre will expand MainOne’s already robust infrastructure and service profile in West Africa because it was built to cater to the increasing demand for colocation and interconnection services by multinationals and businesses seeking shared services for their ICT resources in a world-class facility.
The Chief Operating Officer of MDXi, a subsidiary of MainOne, Mr Gbenga Adegbiji, stated the “Appolonia Data Centre is a state-of-the-art facility being built to the highest standards required for today’s digital infrastructure and consistent with the MainOne brand.
“With the assurance of the high quality of service designed to meet business requirements for digital colocation and cloud infrastructure, the Appolonia (Accra) Data Centre will provide a highly secured, resilient and scalable solution for our customers.”
Mr Adegbiji further said “the operations of the Uptime Tier III certified Appolonia data centre will be based on the global MDXI Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which have been proven with 100 per cent facility uptime of the Lekki Data Centre since its launch in 2015.”
Set for launch in June 2021, the 100-rack Appolonia Data Centre offers customers the opportunity to host infrastructure in a facility guaranteed to provide high levels of availability and rich connectivity with a global network of customers, partners and suppliers thus ensuring 24×7 online delivery of services to businesses.
“We established this data centre in Ghana to bring the highly sought services which MainOne is known for closer to institutions in the country,” Emmanuel Kwarteng, Country Manager, MainOne Ghana noted. “We are confident that the Data Centre will not only deliver state-of-the-art services but also create jobs and ultimately contribute to the economic growth of Ghana.” All data centre staff are directly employed by the company and are trained on the latest technology deployed to keep the data centre running smoothly. There are staff dedicated to monitoring all critical systems in the data centre to ensure that proactive actions are taken to guarantee availability on 24X7X365 basis.
The Appolonia Data Centre has also been fitted with high-definition CCTV motion detection cameras, laser-based perimeter intrusion detection systems, and three levels of security barriers before access to computer rooms.
Access to the facility is restricted to pre-authorized individuals with identification only and there is an access management system to record access history for audit purposes.
A dedicated service delivery team assists customers with onboarding and ongoing service management. Remote Hands and Eyes Support services are available for customers to troubleshoot or perform various maintenance activities to ensure their equipment operates as expected while allowing our customers to focus on their core business.
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