Telkom Kenya has launched a Ksh. 150 Million data centre to improve its network. The facility will improve its network quality, colocation and hosting services, Internet connectivity and local loop connectivity.
The new facility is located at Milimani Exchange along Bishop Road in Upper Hill. The data center sits on a 1160 m² space, with an ability to provide up to 4KW of IT load for 30 rack servers and has a rack area designed to accommodate up to 52U rack height with adjustments on floor footprint. It also has 3 diverse fiber routes serving the site to ensure uptime through redundancy to 3 different exchanges, namely: Westlands, GPO Nairobi and South-Hill Exchanges in Nairobi.
The facility will also improve its Carrier Services Division which offers solutions such as Cross Connect Services, Infrastructure Sharing, International Private Leased Circuits (National Optic Fibre Backbone infrastructure) Point to Point and Backhaul services.
According to CEO Aldo Mareuse the investment intends to leverage on the rising demand for cloud-based services for Kenyan and regional businesses. “It gives our clients three redundant fiber routes guaranteeing back-up and access to international capacity on the Submarine Cables (TEAMS, EASSY & LION2) from Nairobi, enabling us to redeploy superior services competitively beyond market offering,” said Mareuse.