INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres

Fernando Fernandes , CEO of TelCables Nigeria and West Africa said that this strategic expansion aims to significantly enhance digital connectivity across West Africa using the extensive Angola Cables backbone network to support businesses and communities obtain easier , more affordable access to digital content and services .

He added that with direct access to the Angola Cables ’ SACS and Wacs subsea cables connections , data traffic can be more efficiently routed to South American and US markets and onto Europe via EllaLink as a standard routing option or as a redundancy option should the need arise to redirect traffic .

Rack Centre CEO , Lars Johannisson said that Rack Centre Lagos campus , which is currently being expanded with the addition of the LGS 2 Data Centre , is nearing completion , bringing the data centre campus capacity to 13.5MW of IT Power and 7,200 meters of space .

LGS 2 data centre has also been developed to ensure AI readiness to allow for enhanced data processing and storage capabilities , which are critical for businesses and organisations that are embracing Artificial Intelligence and machine learning .

“ The significance of this is that once completed , operators like TelCables , hyperscalers , businesses , telecom operators , and service providers will have access to world-class carrier and cloudneutral infrastructure to securely scale their digital operations in Nigeria and West Africa ,” notes Johannisson .

Angola Cables operates a robust global backbone network , providing access to major IXPs , Tier I operators , and global content providers . With more than 30 PoPs and connections to 66 interconnected Data Centres and 6000 peering agreements , traffic over its international network is more than 18 500 Tbps .

Internet traffic exchange points in Africa that directly connects to over 21 IXPs worldwide .

Rack Centre is the Tier III Carrier and cloud-neutral data centre in the West African region . It creates an open market for partnerships between customers , networks , cloud and content providers , the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria , AF-CIX , a fastgrowing IXP and managed service providers .

Rack Centre ’ s clientele includes 68 + telecommunication carriers , Internet Service Providers , ISPs , global Tier 1 networks , and pan Africa international carriers , including direct interconnections to all undersea cables serving the South Atlantic Coast of Africa . p

The company has its own submarine cable network spanning over 33,000 kilometres , WACS , SACS , and MONET and extends its services to over 50,000 kilometres through partner cables , connecting the Americas , Africa , Europe , and Asia .

Fernando Fernandes , CEO TelCables Nigeria and West Africa

Additionally , the company operates two world-class Data Centres , AngoNAP Fortaleza in Brazil and AngoNAP Luanda in Angola . Angola Cables also manages PIX in Brazil and Angonix in Angola – one of the

Lars Johannisson , CEO Rack Centre

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