Why Data Centres Are Becoming East Africa's Next Big Infrastructure
Artificial intelligence may be dominating the technology conversation, but behind every AI model, cloud application, mobile money transaction and streaming platform sits a piece of infrastructure that receives far less attention: the data centre. East Africa's digital economy cannot grow without places to store, process and secure the enormous volumes of data being generated every day. As businesses move to the cloud, governments digitise public services and AI adoption accelerates , investment is shifting toward the facilities quietly powering the region's technology ecosystem. This isn't simply a construction story. It's an investment story. For years, investors focused on the startups building digital products. Increasingly, attention is turning to the infrastructure that makes those products possible. Data centres have become the foundation upon which fintech platforms, AI companies, enterprise software providers and digital governments all depend. Across East Afri...
