Computer Warehouse Group Launches $10mn Data Centre in Lagos

LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria’s Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) has launched a $10 million ultra-modern data centre in Lagos. The company said that the tier three grade data centre, which was constructed within 24 months, would provide services for its customers, banks and small to medium enterprises.
Speaking at the commissioning of the centre in Lagos, Austin Okere, chief executive officer of the company, said that the centre would primarily offer entrepreneurs the prerequisite connectivity for advancement. “Apart from offering services to our customers like banks, we are targeting about 17 million SMEs who we are going to offer connectivity for a token
“The idea is that through the process, about 1.6 million of them would have migrated from the low level they are now, repackaged themselves, and can obtain loans from banks,” he said.
According to Okere, the facility has incorporated state of the art power and environmental management infrastructure providing combined 0.7MVA generating capacity coupled with redundant and modular 200 KVA uninterruptible power supply to ensure incoming main power is conditioned and available 100% of the time.
Engineer Lanre Ajayi, who is president of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), said CWG had proven its competency as an indigenous company in Nigeria.
“Due to their pragmatic efforts, CWG has motivated many other local firms. The launching of this data center is a big leapfrog,” he said.
He however urged the company to incorporate other stakeholders that host the .ng domain to ensure that the expected customers make use of this all important infrastructure. Ajayi added that with such data centres in the country, the rate of capital flight, connectivity (routing) and other issues that have bedeviled the industry could be minimised.

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