Kasi Cloud has unveiled the first phase of its planned 100-megawatt AI-ready hyperscale data centre campus in Lekki, Lagos.
The company described the project as one of Nigeria’s largest private investments in digital infrastructure and local computing capacity.
Kasi Cloud said the facility will support artificial intelligence workloads, cloud services, enterprise storage and high-density digital operations.
The project is valued at about $250m.
Construction began in 2023 after the company broke ground in April 2022.
The newly commissioned section marks the first operational deployment within the wider campus project.
Nigeria’s Compute Capacity Set for Expansion
Kasi Cloud said the Lekki campus would help expand Nigeria’s computing infrastructure and reduce reliance on foreign-hosted digital systems.
Industry estimates show Nigeria currently operates about 17 data centres, most with capacities below 25 megawatts.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kasi Cloud, Johnson Agogbua, said the project would help Africa build stronger digital independence.
“What we’re most proud of is the role our people played,” Agogbua said during a media briefing in Lagos.
“Almost every other data centre built here was designed by others for us. Kasi is Nigeria proper. Africa proper.”
Facility Designed for AI and Cloud Services
The first deployment includes a 5.5-megawatt data hall and a 7.5-megawatt ecosystem floor.
The facility will provide colocation, cloud hosting, networking and storage services for businesses.
According to Agogbua, clients can lease anything from a single server node to a full rack aisle.
“It’s an opportunity for local and international businesses to scale operations efficiently,” he said.
The company also designed upper floors for hyperscale cloud providers seeking expansion in West Africa.
Agogbua named companies such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure as potential users of the facility.
Data Sovereignty Drives Investment
Global Director of Marketing and Sales Operations at Kasi Cloud, Ngozika Agogbua, said Africa still controls less than one per cent of global compute capacity.
She warned that many African businesses continue exporting valuable data overseas while running AI systems.
“Every time an African business runs an AI workload, the data travels to a server in Europe or America,” she said.
She described the Lagos campus as a major step toward digital independence for Africa.
Dedicated Power Infrastructure Included
The company disclosed that the campus has a dedicated 132-kilovolt substation.
The power infrastructure can scale to about 100 megawatts of IT load.
Agogbua explained that each floor can support about eight megawatts of critical computing power.
“That’s bigger than power delivered to some small cities in Nigeria,” he said.
He stressed that large-scale infrastructure remains essential for Nigeria’s digital future.
“If we want to embrace AI and modern technology, we need facilities of this scale,” he added.
Firm Promotes Local Talent Development
Kasi Cloud also highlighted local engineering participation in the project.
The company said it created an internal training initiative called Kasi Academy to develop Nigerian engineering talent.
According to Agogbua, many engineers working on the project received training through the programme.
“The final design and rendering were done here,” he said.
He added that Nigeria already possesses the technical talent needed to deliver advanced digital infrastructure projects.
Company Sees AI Opportunities Across Economy
Agogbua linked AI adoption to economic growth across sectors including retail, logistics and healthcare.
He said AI-powered systems could help small businesses improve inventory management and forecasting.
“Those are opportunities for our boys and girls,” he said.
“But the infrastructure must be accessible to them.”
