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Addis Ababa, March 9, 2021: The Raxio Group (“Raxio”), a premier pan-African data center developer and operator, held a ceremony to formally inaugurate the construction of the country’s first private Tier III operator-neutral colocation data center in the Park of ICT in Addis Ababa.
The event was attended by members of the media, officials from the Industrial Parks Development Corporation, representatives from Raxio Group and Yema Architecture. During the event, Raxio presented his plans and vision for the site to experts and guests, while highlighting the importance of the data center for Ethiopia’s digital transformation.
“After extensive design development, we are excited to put a shovel in the ground and begin construction of what we hope will be the first of several facilities in Ethiopia.”
Robert Mullins, President of Raxio Group
In his opening remarks, Robert Mullins, President of Raxio Group, gave his vision of the facility as a cornerstone of Ethiopia’s digital economy by providing a critical and missing part of the digital infrastructure in the country. “After extensive design development, we are excited to put a shovel in the ground and begin construction of what we hope will be the first of several facilities in Ethiopia. We have kept our clients, both inside and outside Ethiopia, at the heart of our design process and are building a facility to accommodate the expected increase in demand in the coming years for a truly world-class digital infrastructure in the country. This also marks a huge milestone for the industry: the Raxio data center will support the growth of the IT sector and will be a catalyst for the creation of highly skilled jobs in Ethiopia, ”added Mullins.
To complement its in-house team, Raxio has assembled experienced technical partners specialized in design, engineering and construction. Future-tech (UK) has been appointed as lead consultant, and Yema Architecture (ET) has been appointed as local architect to manage design localization, permitting and construction supervision. Development of the facility is underway and commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2021. Raxio expects its team in Ethiopia to be fully staffed with local resources, who will be responsible for operating the facility to the highest international standards.
The data center landscape in Ethiopia is largely nascent. Since most companies choose to build self-managed in-house facilities that are suboptimal and economically dominant, there is a need for a purpose-built and professionally managed data center that is tailored for companies looking to leverage their IT infrastructure to grow their deal. Raxio will provide carrier and cloud neutral colocation services to its clients, creating a healthy environment for businesses to network and create new opportunities. Once commissioned, the data center is expected to offer its customers an optimized environment for their IT equipment in a state-of-the-art modular facility, fully equipped with the best technology in the industry, security, AC power compatibility / CC and redundancy, making Raxio Ethiopia an integral backbone of the country’s digital economy.
The data center is designed according to a truly “metro-edge” international standard, using the latest technology and in accordance with Raxio’s basic sustainability principles to minimize the environmental footprint. With the liberalization of the telecommunications sector in general and the improvement of connectivity, the facility will meet the requirements of the most demanding customer segments, allowing them to run their critical IT systems optimally, in a specifically designed environment. . Raxio Ethiopia will deploy its metropolitan edge facility using a hybrid approach, utilizing the best of traditional construction methods with prefabricated components to accommodate last day IT capacity of up to 3.0MW (~ 700 racks).
This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Raxio and the EIC in December 2019. The memorandum of understanding formalized Raxio’s investment plans and the EIC’s commitment to support Raxio in the internationalization of its plans, which led to the securing of land within the ICT park. Shipment
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