Kasi Cloud has officially commissioned the first phase of its planned 100-megawatt AI-ready hyperscale data centre campus in Lekki, Lagos, marking a major milestone in Nigeria’s digital infrastructure expansion and local compute capacity development.
The newly activated facility is designed to support artificial intelligence workloads, cloud computing, enterprise storage, and high-density digital services, as global demand for AI and advanced computing infrastructure continues to surge.
Brandspur Banking News Desk reports that the project, valued at approximately $250 million, began development in April 2022, with major construction works commencing in the second quarter of 2023. The first phase represents the initial operational deployment within a broader campus that is expected to scale progressively to a full 100MW data infrastructure ecosystem.
Industry estimates indicate that Nigeria currently has about 17 operational data centres, most of which operate below 25MW capacity. Kasi Cloud said the Lekki campus is positioned to significantly expand Nigeria’s compute footprint while reducing reliance on foreign-hosted digital infrastructure.
Speaking at the commissioning ceremony in Lagos, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Johnson Agogbua described the project as a strategic move to reverse Africa’s dependence on overseas digital infrastructure and create local capacity capable of supporting next-generation AI-driven applications.
He noted that the first deployment includes a 5.5MW data hall alongside a 7.5MW ecosystem floor, offering flexible colocation, cloud hosting, storage, and networking services for both local and international businesses.
According to Agogbua, the ecosystem floor allows customers to lease infrastructure ranging from a single server node to a full aisle of racks, depending on operational needs, making the facility adaptable to startups, enterprises, and hyperscale clients.
Also speaking, Global Director of Marketing and Sales Operations at Kasi Cloud, Ngozika Agogbua, said the project reflects Africa’s growing push for digital sovereignty at a time when the continent controls less than one per cent of global compute capacity despite being one of the fastest-growing digital markets.
She explained that dependence on overseas infrastructure forces African businesses to export critical data and economic value whenever they run AI workloads, creating long-term strategic and economic costs.
The company disclosed that the campus is equipped with a dedicated 132-kilovolt substation capable of scaling up to approximately 100MW of IT load, positioning it among the largest planned AI-ready compute facilities in West Africa. Each floor is designed to support up to eight megawatts of critical load, while a single building could scale beyond 30MW.
Kasi Cloud added that the upper floors of the campus are designed to attract wholesale and hyperscale cloud providers seeking expansion capacity in the region, while the facility will also function as a carrier-neutral interconnection hub linking telecommunications operators and international submarine cable systems.
Beyond enterprise infrastructure, the company highlighted the broader economic potential of local AI deployment, noting that accessible compute infrastructure could drive efficiency and innovation across sectors such as retail, healthcare, logistics, and small business operations.
Kasi Cloud further emphasised its commitment to local talent development through its internal Kasi Academy, which trains Nigerian engineers involved in the design, deployment, and operation of the facility, reinforcing its positioning as an African-led digital infrastructure initiative.
