Rack Centre strengthens Lagos hub with cloud rollout

Rack Centre, West Africa’s leading Tier III carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre, said on Monday it has launched EdgeNext’s Content Delivery Network and cloud hosting services in Nigeria, hosted at its state-of-the-art facility in Lagos.

With a population of over 200 million people and one of Africa’s youngest demographics, Nigeria represents a rapidly expanding digital economy. Surging demand for internet services, mobile applications, gaming, e-commerce, and social media platforms has created an urgent need for high-performance infrastructure that can deliver reliable and scalable digital experiences.

EdgeNext’s expansion into Nigeria addresses this demand by improving content delivery and cloud hosting efficiency, empowering businesses to scale more effectively across the region.

EdgeNext’s global acceleration network enables lower-latency digital experiences for video, social media, and e-commerce platforms, while its flexible cloud hosting resources help small and medium-sized enterprises and developers deploy services quickly, reduce IT costs, and accelerate digital transformation.

Recognising Nigeria’s thriving gaming community, EdgeNext is also developing cloud-based gaming solutions that deliver low-latency, high-concurrency capabilities for mobile, PC, and cloud gaming.

“Launching our CDN and cloud hosting services in Nigeria marks a key milestone for EdgeNext,” Chief Executive Officer of EdgeNext, Terence Wang, said in a statement.

“By partnering with Rack Centre, we are ensuring secure, reliable, and low-latency services for enterprises, developers, and end-users, helping Nigeria embrace a new era of cloud and edge computing.”

“We are pleased to welcome EdgeNext to the Rack Centre ecosystem as a CDN and cloud hosting provider,” Chief Executive Officer of Rack Centre, Lars Johannisson, said.

“EdgeNext’s arrival demonstrates the strength of Nigeria’s digital infrastructure ecosystem, and our LGS2 facility provides the capacity, connectivity, and sustainability that international providers need to serve this market effectively.”

Rack Centre’s 13.5 MW campus hosts over 73 carriers, ISPs, and network operators. The recently launched LGS2 facility achieves a design PUE of 1.35 using sustainable energy sources and provides direct connectivity to every subsea cable landing on Africa’s Atlantic coast, including Google’s Equiano and the forthcoming 2Africa cable.