General manager, Enterprise Network, Airtel Nigeria, Rowland Akintunde; Lagos state commissioner of Science and Technology, Hon. Hakeem Fahm; Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Surendran Chemmenkotil and Director, Airtel Business, Ogo Ofomata, during the launch of Airtel Data Center in Lagos on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.
Leading
telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, on Tuesday April 12th
in Lagos unveiled its state-of-the-art Tier 3 data centre for commercial use,
declaring its mission to help provide perfect uptime and peerless security for
servers it houses as well as cloud services for businesses and government establishments
across the country.
Awarded the high-end
Tier 3 ANSI/TIA-942 certification by EPI, the world’s leading certification
body for data centres, the Airtel ultra-modern data centre runs on superior technology
that enables it to perform efficiently in Nigeria’s tropical climate while also
providing multiple paths and backups to its users.
Commenting on
the data centre, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria,
Surendran Chemmenkotil, said the launch of its data centre for commercial use
is in response to its overarching objective of promoting digital inclusion as
well as creating unfettered access and opportunities for entrepreneurs, businesses,
and other organizations to enjoy premium data centre services in a world class
and reliable facility.
“With over 20
years of extensive telecoms, technological and consumer-empowering operations
in Nigeria, we are best positioned to support businesses and government
establishments with an incomparable data centre that will help advance commerce
and ultimately expand the nation’s economy, driving growth and prosperity for
entrepreneurs and consumers.
Ogo Ofomata,
Director, Airtel Business, Airtel Nigeria, commented: “We are inspiring and
pioneering a new wave in the Nigeria’s data centre landscape as we offer a
compelling and affordable data centre to both large enterprises and small and
medium scale businesses. Through our data centre, businesses will benefit from uninterrupted
power and hyper secure storage for servers and data transmission equipment for
various sizes of private and public sector establishments,” she said.
During his
tour of the facility, which is in Lekki, Lagos, Commissioner for Science and
Technology, Lagos State, Hakeem Fahm, commended Airtel for its investment in
the development of science and technology in Lagos State, noting that the Airtel
data centre aligns with the State’s mega city plan, especially regarding the
government’s aspirations in technology.
“I commend
the management of Airtel Nigeria for their impactful contributions in Lagos
State and the
country at large, thanks to their innovative drive in Technology,” he said,
adding that, “this data centre has further contributed in placing the State as
a technology hub in the country at large.”
The Airtel
Data Centre would begin full operations immediately. The tier 3 data centre
possesses multiple paths for power
and cooling, as well as redundant systems that allow staff to work on the setup
without taking it offline.
The Airtel
data centre is positioned to power vast financial, communications, and other
forms of enterprises – both large and small – in Nigeria
