Rack Centre Beats Others to Clinch Development Award

By Aduragbemi Omiyale

One of the leading carrier neutral data centre colocation providers in West Africa, Rack Centre, has again cemented its top position in the highly competitive sector.

Recently, the company was announced as the winner of the Middle East and Africa Data Centre Development Award category at the Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) global awards, often referred to as the Oscars of the data centre industry.

Rack Centre clinched the award for its LGS1 data centre doubling expansion project at its Lagos, Nigeria Campus, further serving cloud providers, content providers, and enterprise customers with expansion to 1.5 MW of IT load, the largest and most connected carrier neutral in data centre colocation provider in West Africa..

The LGS1 data centre expansion project offers the most comprehensive interconnection and peering platform with its ecosystem of over 40 carriers, ISP and Content Delivery Networks.

It provides two redundant, independent, and diverse meet-me rooms, three fibre entry routes into the facility and an open access mast for connectivity providers and customer connectivity resiliency.

“We are delighted at winning such a prestigious and sought after award. This is the third consecutive award for Rack Centre at the DCD Awards, unprecedented for any Africa data centre company.

“The Lagos campus is currently the most significant carrier neutral digital infrastructure hub in West Africa, with comprehensive carrier neutral ecosystem benefits with over 40 carriers/internet service providers,” the Managing Director of Rack Centre, Dr Ayotunde Coker, stated.

It was gathered that Rack Centre’s LGS1 capacity doubling project was selected by the DCD judges over other entrants in the Middle East and Africa because of its size, being the largest carrier neutral data centre deployment in West Africa.

The DCD attesting to the complexity involved in construction and completion of the expansion of the   LGS1 said Rack Centre has within the Middle East and Africa regions “pushed the boundaries of design and construction in the context of specific local requirements and challenges.”

The DCD awards, which occurred for the 15th time this year, is a global event recognising excellence in the data centre industry and celebrates the people, teams and projects that went above and beyond the normal.