Safaricom Kisumu Data Centre

Name: Safaricom Kisumu Data Centre
Address: Kiboswa-Daraja Mbili Road, Kisumu, 66827-00800, KE

Kiboswa-Daraja Mbili Road, Kisumu, 66827-00800, KE

Metro: Kisumu, KE Country: Kenya Region: Africa

Kisumu, on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, is the third of Safaricom's Kenyan data-centre locations after Thika and Nairobi, and it doubles as the disaster-recovery site for the Nairobi halls. Safaricom Wholesale sells from it: caged space, white space, whole or partial cabinets, single servers, bare metal, remote hands, and a meet-me room where the carriers terminate. Reach into the site comes over a mix of optical ground wire strung on power lines, terrestrial fibre and wireless links. Physical security runs to a perimeter wall with an electric fence, biometric access control, round-the-clock monitoring and on-site engineering support. The published electrical specification - a dual supply rated 2000 kVA with standby generators - and the room for 224 standard ETSI racks describe the estate rather than this building; the road it stands on is Kiboswa-Daraja Mbili Road.

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Amenities: Remote hands, meet-me room, perimeter electric fence, biometric access, on-site engineering

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Frequently asked questions

What is Safaricom's Kisumu data centre used for?

Colocation sold through Safaricom Wholesale, and disaster recovery for the operator's Nairobi data centres.

Which Kenyan data centres does Safaricom sell from?

Three: Thika, Nairobi and Kisumu. Its newer Limuru campus does not appear on the wholesale location list.

How does traffic reach the Kisumu site?

Over a mix of optical ground wire carried on power lines, terrestrial fibre and wireless links.

What does Safaricom publish about the Kisumu building itself?

The road it stands on and the products sold there. Its 2000 kVA dual supply and 224-rack figures are estate-level statements, and no floor area, rack count or certification is published for Kisumu on its own.