Nairobi, Kenya – 11 September 2025 Digital Parks Africa (DPA), a 100% South African-owned data centre provider, has partnered with iXAfrica Data Centres, East Africa’s first, hyper-scale, carrier-neutral, AI-ready data centre, to bring world-class data centre services to Southern and East Africa. This reciprocal partnership marks the first step in expanding both providers’ footprints across the African continent.
By collaborating with a like-minded partner like iXAfrica, both providers can offer businesses and multinational customers seamless access to data centre services across Southern and East Africa. Customers can now leverage points of presence in both regions through a single, integrated solution, simplifying multinational operations and expansion.
Snehar Shah CFA (Hiring), iXAfrica Data Centres CEO together with Wiaan Vermaak, Group Chief Commercial Officer, DPA, Jessica King from DPA and Amit Singh, iXAfrica, officially launched the companies’ collaboration to expand data centre services in Africa at ITW Africa 2025.
In practical terms, this means that DPA customers will gain access to data centre services in Kenya, benefiting from the local ecosystem, including fibre and cloud operators. Similarly, iXAfrica customers can tap into Digital Parks Africa’s established infrastructure in South Africa, enjoying the same high standards and operational excellence.
This collaboration ensures consistent, reliable, and efficient data centre services across borders – allowing customers to expand into new economic hubs while partnering with trusted providers in each region.
Strengthening Africa’s Digital Future
The partnership represents more than just a business agreement; it is a strategic move to create a pan-African digital backbone. As Africa rapidly digitizes, the demand for carrier-neutral, high-resilience, and AI-ready data centres is accelerating. Together, iXAfrica and DPA are positioning themselves as the partners of choice for hyperscalers, enterprises, and governments seeking to power the next wave of digital growth.
Snehar Shah,CEO of iXAfrica,commented:“This partnership is about building bridges across Africa’s digital economy. By aligning with DPA, we are giving customers the confidence to expand seamlessly across borders with the same reliability, efficiency, and resilience they expect in global markets. For us at iXAfrica, it’s about enabling Africa’s enterprises and innovators to scale at the speed of technology while creating the foundations for AI, cloud, and connectivity to thrive across the continent.”
Wiaan Vermaak,Group CCO of Digital Parks Africa,added:“Our vision at Digital Parks Africa has always been to empower businesses with world-class infrastructure that matches the highest global standards. Partnering with iXAfrica extends this commitment beyond South Africa, enabling us to jointly serve the growing needs of a continent that is on the cusp of a digital revolution. Together, we are ensuring that Africa is not just consuming technology, but actively shaping the digital future.”
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About iXAfrica Data Centres
iXAfrica Data Centres in Nairobi, Kenya is East Africa’s first Hyper-scale Carrier-neutral, AI-ready
Data Centre and the latest digital habitat for cloud, colocation, and connectivity. iXAfrica provides world-class and highly resilient Data Centre infrastructure to create a vital part of the internet backbone of East Africa. With Nairobi One Campus’s overall design capacity of 22.5MW, iXAfrica has the largest data centre project in the greater East African region, serving a total population of over 300 million people. The campus is situated close to the main fiber optic communications arteries and is in close proximity to major and resilient electrical connections, capable of delivering high-availability and low-carbon power. iXAfrica is also able to power the high-density AI workloads as high as 50 kW per rack using its free-air cooling technology and over 90% of Kenya’s electricity is generated from renewable/clean energy sources.
For more information visit; www.ixafrica.co.ke
About Digital Parks Africa
Digital Parks Africa is a 100% South African-owned, carrier-neutral data centre provider founded in 2017. We offer colocation services – including connectivity, power, cooling, and a suite of value-added solutions – to businesses of all sizes seeking secure, reliable infrastructure hosting.Rooted in local expertise and enhanced by global experience, we understand the unique challenges and opportunities across the African continent. As trusted custodians of advanced data environments, we lead in high rack power densities, energy-efficient cooling, and industry-leading power usage effectiveness (guaranteed PUE of 1.5 or less). Our cost-optimised energy consumption model further supports scalable, affordable growth for our customers.
Located in Samrand, Gauteng, our flagship facility offers 24MW total capacity and is designed to meet the demands of mission-critical infrastructure. Customers benefit from low-latency connectivity, robust disaster recovery options, and round-the-clock support — all within a high-availability environment that ensures maximum uptime.
For more information visit https://dpa.host
