Digital Realty is within the closing levels of its new construct facility in Accra, ACR2. A state-of-the-art information centre strategically situated inside shut proximity to a number of submarine touchdown cable stations within the downtown space of Accra.
Pushed by the presence of those six subsea cable methods, Ghana is likely one of the most internationally linked nations in Africa, witnessing outstanding progress in its digital panorama lately.
LINX Accra was introduced in late 2024 and is anticipated to go reside within the coming weeks. A brand new web trade level (IXP) for Ghana offering future proof and scalable options to take the digital ecosystem to the subsequent degree. The brand new IXP would be the third location in Africa for LINX for the reason that launch of LINX Nairobi in 2023, a big milestone within the firm’s wider technique in Africa, working for the nice of the web.
Nurani Nimpuno, Head of World Engagement for LINX commented: “We’re excited to be embarking on this new journey with Digital Realty in Ghana. We’ve got robust relations with our companions throughout our LINX hubs within the UK, US and Kenya so I’m assured this extension of the connection will probably be a hit.”
Digital Realty has been a key entry level for LINX’s interconnection options in London and likewise in North Virginia, US for a number of years. Extra lately, LINX launched their first steps into Africa with LINX Nairobi in November 2023 and LINX Mombasa in February of this yr, each working intently with iColo: A Digital Realty Firm.
Joseph Koranteng, Managing Director of Digital Realty in Ghana, commented: “We’re happy to be welcoming LINX to our new information centre in Ghana, a key milestone as we proceed to strengthen interconnection throughout Africa. As demand for low-latency connectivity grows, this collaboration will play a crucial function in serving to to form the area’s digital future by enabling larger entry, resilience, and integration with the worldwide web cloth.”
This announcement reinforces Digital Realty’s broader dedication to accelerating digital transformation throughout Africa. Because the world’s largest world information centre supplier Digital Realty is strengthening its open information centre platform to help Africa’s web spine and empower each prospects’ and the area’s progress throughout the world digital financial system.
With operations throughout Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa, the corporate is enjoying a pivotal function in enabling regional connectivity and world integration. Digital Realty was lately ranked the primary information centre supplier in Africa and Europe on Cloudscene’s 2024-2025 Knowledge Centre Ecosystem Leaderboard, underscoring its management in delivering a very world information centre platform.
LINX Accra will launch within the coming weeks as a multi-site, interconnected and resilient cloth providing networks a choice of low latency companies together with peering and extra.
