Ndukwe, Ajayi Commend CWG Data Center Project

Dr.  Ernest Ndukwe, former executive vice chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has decried the launch of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG’s) ultra-modern Data Centre in Lagos as timely, and a leap frog that will aid customers, especially the small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

 The CWG’s tier 3 grade data center worth over $10m incorporated state of the art power and environmental management infrastructure providing combined 0.7MVA generating capacity coupled with redundant and modular 200KVA uninterruptable power supply to ensure incoming main power is conditioned and available 100% of the time.

The capacity of the centre can conveniently serve seven banks and other SMEs.  

Speaking on Friday during the project commissioning, Ndukwe said that CWG is one of the Nigeria’s IT firms that have maintained integrity and leadership prowess which have translated to several achievements lately, especially with the listing of the Company on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE).

“Telecommunications revolution started in Nigeria in earnest in the year 2000, with the licencing of telecos in 2001. Since then, Nigeria has not looked back; we are witnesses of massive investments, not just in the telecom. The age of CWG (21 years now), suggests it has been there before the revolution started and for them to remain relevant means they have to be proactive. They have demonstrated the capabilities of the leadership through their various achievements in the recent times, especially with their listing on the NSE and today (Friday) the commissioning of this ultra-modern facility.

“Data Centre is germane in the today’s IT world. It will benefit, not just the current customers, but the SMEs who I learnt that CWG has a special package to better their worth. These are heartwarming developments.  CWG should look beyond Nigeria and Africa; they can go places, especially now that connectivity binds us together,” Ndukwe said.

On his part, Engineer Lanre Ajayi, president of Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), said that, CWG has proven its competency as an indigenous company in Nigeria, adding that it has become a pace-setter in the industry.

“Due to their pragmatic efforts, CWG has motivated many other local firms. The launching of this data center is a big leap frog; however, connectivity is the life wire of any such centre. Therefore, CWG should incorporate other stakeholders like NiRA that hosts the .ng to ensure that the expected customers make use of this all important infrastructure,” he said.

Ajayi added that with such data centers coming up in the country, the rate of capital flight, connectivity (routing) and other issues that have bedeviled the industry are been minimized.

Earlier, Mr. Austin Okere, chief executive officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) said that critical step that will launch the Company to its programme to alleviate the suffering of entrepreneurs in Nigeria, offer them 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 essence 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. At the end, 200 of them or more can enlist on the NSE, which will be a massive development for the economy. We want to see dots and small CWGs emerging from different strata of the economy,” he explained.

He added that the Company spent over $10million in putting up the infrastructure with 24 months.