MainOne Mulls 600 Racks Data Centre

MainOne Cable Company has mulled the idea of a high standard data centre in Nigeria which could accommodate 600 racks by the end of 2013.

Funke Opeke, CEO, indicated that the data center would  fully operational by 2014 and that it will host data from telecoms operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who till now have been hosting their data from outside the country.

“The Data Centre will boost infrastructure in the country.” She added that the data centre would have full capacity to host large and small volume of sensitive data from small and big organisations.

The data centre will be made with full capacity as the fibre optic cable used by the company has brought the country a huge amount of bandwidth capacity.

This entails the ability to host large volumes of data from each organisation. This will also enable Nigerian companies to divert their data back within the country, which will help to keep the business within the Nigeria’s economy.

Commenting on the company’s plan, Mr. Babatunde Dada, MainOne’s chief financial officer, said that the data centre is specifically aimed at serving Nigerians.

He said the company will continue to develop its business, while it awaits government conclusion to open up the broadband business market that will allow MainOne to provide cheaper broadband capacities to Nigerians.