AIRTEL Nigeria has announced its tier three data center for commercial use, with the goal of offering perfect uptime and unparalleled security for the servers it houses, as well as cloud services for businesses and government agencies across the country.
The Airtel ultra-modern data centre, which has been awarded the high-end tier three ANSI/TIA-942 certification by EPI, the world’s leading certification body for data centres, runs on superior technology that allows it to perform efficiently in Nigeria’s tropical climate while also providing multiple paths and backups to its users.
Surendran Chemmenkotil, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, said the data center’s opening is in response to the company’s overarching goal of promoting digital inclusion and providing unrestricted access and opportunities for entrepreneurs, businesses, and other organizations to enjoy premium data center services in a world-class and reliable facility.
“With over 20 years of extensive telecoms, technological and consumer-empowering operations in Nigeria, we are best positioned to support businesses and government establishments with an incomparable data centre that will help advance commerce and ultimately expand the nation’s economy, driving growth and prosperity for entrepreneurs and consumers,” he stated.
The director, Airtel Business, Airtel Nigeria, Ogo Ofomata, said the telecoms firm is inspiring and pioneering a new wave in Nigeria’s data centre landscape as “we offer a compelling and affordable data centre to both large enterprises and small and medium scale businesses. Through our data centre, businesses will benefit from uninterrupted power and hyper-secure storage for servers and data transmission equipment for various sizes of private and public sector establishments.”
The Commissioner for Science and Technology, Lagos State, Hakeem Fahm, during his tour of the facility in Lekki, Lagos, commended Airtel for its investment in the development of science and technology in Lagos State, noting that the Airtel data center aligns with the State’s mega city plan, particularly in terms of the government’s aspirations in technology.
“I commend the management of Airtel Nigeria for their impactful contributions in Lagos
State and the country at large, thanks to their innovative drive in Technology,” he said, adding that, “this data centre has further contributed to placing the State as a technology hub in the country at large.”
The Airtel Data Centre will be operational as soon as possible. The tier 3 data center has numerous power and cooling lines, as well as redundant systems that allow technicians to work on the setup without shutting it down.
The Airtel data center is well positioned to serve Nigeria’s massive banking, communications, and other types of businesses.
