SISCOM has today announced the opening of its latest data-centre cluster that is hosted inside IX Africa’s Tier III-designed, 4.5 MW, 780-rack, carrier-neutral campus on Mombasa Road in Nairobi.
With this deployment, SISCOM has tripled its capacity and at the same time has announced it is now certified as a Data Controller under Kenya’s Data Protection Act. This designation confirms that SISCOM meets the nation’s highest standards for data governance, privacy, and security, a critical prerequisite for fintechs, AI innovators, government workloads, and multinationals operating across Africa.
“Every successful digital initiative rest on two cornerstones: trusted compliance and world-class colocation,” said Derrick Gakuu, Co-Founder of SISCOM Tech. “By combining our new Data Controller status with IX Africa’s hyperscale-ready facility, we’re giving African enterprises exactly what they need to build, launch, and scale without compromise.”
Why The IX Africa Partnership Matters
- Hyperscale headroom – IX Africa’s first phase delivers 4.5 MW of IT power today and is part of a planned 22.5 MW campus, ensuring SISCOM customers can grow on demand without disruptive migrations.
- Carrier & cloud neutrality – Multiple tier-one network providers and on-ramps to leading clouds give customers the latency, redundancy, and choice required for modern multi-cloud strategies.
- AI-ready design – High-density racks, robust cooling, and Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture support GPU-intensive workloads and next-generation AI/ML stacks.
- Sustainability first – The campus draws on Kenya’s abundant renewable energy mix, aligning with both companies’ commitments to greener digital infrastructure.
- Location advantage – Nairobi’s status as East Africa’s connectivity gateway shortens routes to end-users across the continent, improving app performance and data-sovereignty compliance.
Snehar Shah, CEO of IX Africa Data Centres, commented, “SISCOM’s cluster demonstrates exactly why we built IX Africa: to enable fast-growing African tech companies to achieve global-grade resiliency and scale, right here at home.”
SISCOM’s new Data Controller certification assures clients that:
- Personal data is processed in accordance with Kenya’s Data Protection Act and global best practice.
- Independent audits verify technical and organizational safeguards for confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Cross-border data transfers comply with recognised adequacy and contractual mechanisms, supporting regional expansion.
“Our customers can now combine bullet-proof compliance with hyperscale capacity in a single contract. That’s a game-changer for any organisation that wants to innovate quickly while satisfying boards, regulators, and investors.” Added Gakuu.
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