KENYA – African technology infrastructure company icolo.io, has announced an introduction of their hybrid solar products in the Kenyan market.
Currently, Kenya’s energy grid is more than 75 per cent renewable, making it one of the most renewable grids in the world and icolo.io continues its commitment to the sustainability of the industry with the implementation of solar energy systems at their Nairobi and Mombasa data centres.
“One of our greatest natural resources in Africa is the sun and our investment in solar is a strategic part of our global vision to reduce the harmful effects of global warming and conserve the environment as we continue to scale our business,” said Ranjith Cherickel, CEO icolo.io.
The 400kW Solar Systems at Nairobi (NBO1) and Mombasa (MBA1) will support part of the power needs of each data centre which can deliver 825KW and 675kW of customer power (IT Load) respectively, thereby helping to manage our energy costs and minimize our carbon footprint.
This forms part of the company’s sustainable Green Energy goals being implemented across all its campuses in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Data centers are energy-intensive infrastructure projects, and these systems help tap into clean renewable energy, these installations are equivalent to planting back 100 trees per week and reduces the data center 3,200 Kgs of CO2 emissions per week.
“Our investment in solar is a strategic part of our global vision to reduce the harmful effects of global warming and conserve the environment as we continue to scale our business”
Ranjith Cherickel – CEO, icolo.io
icolo.io, is a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation services in Africa.
The company first unveiled the MBA1 data centre in January 2018 which is capable of commitment of 99.999% uptime, with concurrent maintainability to boot.
It can also provide up to 900kw of IT load for 226 racks and the single-storey structure is equipped with over 550m² of IT space with two separate dedicated Meet-Me rooms for the local network providers to bring diverse routes into the site.
It has robust connectivity to the sub-sea cable system infrastructure, as well as a core node for all terrestrial networks reaching into the reach of East and Central Africa.
The NBO1 data centre on the other hand has over 624m2 of rack space with a 99.999% guaranteed power uptime just like the MBA1.
The architectural design of the data centre sits on a 4,400m2 area ensuring redundant power complete with back-up generators which are DCC certified, N+2 high precision cooling and pre-cabled interconnects.
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