# iXAfrica Data Centres: robotics company

Canonical ID: `34f8ab7f-fb91-4e1f-992d-7e8e7f11aea2`

## Key facts

- **PUE:** 1.25
- **Region:** East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
- **Capacity:** 4.5 MW operational, 75.5 MW planned
- **Funding:** [$50M Helios equity + $200M debt](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Cabanas, Mombasa Road, Nairobi, Kenya
- **Positioning:** Describes itself as East Africa's first hyperscale, carrier-neutral, AI-ready data centre
- **NBOX1.1 (operational):** 4.5 MW IT load, 780 racks, up to 40 kW/rack
- **NBOX1.2:** 18 MW IT load, 3,744 racks
- **NBOX2 (Tilisi, under development):** 53 MW-plus IT load on an 11-acre site about 40 km from NBOX1
- **NBOX3:** Planned future site southeast of NBOX1
- **Design PUE:** 1.25 across the NBOX1 campus
- **Grid mix:** Kenyan grid described as 93 percent renewable; four fiber entry points on-site
- **Marquee tenant:** Oracle chose iXAfrica to host its first Kenya public cloud region (January 2026)
- **Named partners:** Gewape Cloud; Atlancis Technologies and EverseTech (Servernah Cloud); Baobab Cloud Services with Mitsumi Distribution; Qhala, Amini AI and Angani via the Qubit Hub
- **Chairman:** Guy Willner (co-founder of IXcellerate and IXAsia)
- **CEO:** Snehar Shah
- **Ownership:** Privately held; investor and funding-round details not disclosed on the company's public pages

- **Slug:** ixafrica
- **Founded:** 2021
- **HQ:** Nairobi, Kenya

## Models

- [iXAfrica Nairobi 2 Hyperscale](/models/ixafrica-nairobi-2.md) (other) (id: `9c0ff223-f077-48c3-b3f3-9c7ba06df6ec`)
- [iXAfrica Nairobi Campus](/models/ixafrica-nairobi-campus.md) (other) (id: `11357f79-37bf-45b2-bc63-5e6d4c2746b9`)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is iXAfrica Data Centres?

iXAfrica Data Centres operates what it describes as East Africa's first hyperscale, carrier-neutral, AI-ready data centre campus, sited on Mombasa Road in Nairobi, Kenya. The company runs its NBOX1 campus in two phases (NBOX1.1 at 4.5 MW IT load across 780 racks and NBOX1.2 at 18 MW IT load across 3,744 racks) and is developing a second campus, NBOX2, on an 11-acre site at Tilisi about 40 km from NBOX1, engineered for 53 MW-plus of IT load. A third site, NBOX3, is planned southeast of NBOX1.

### What does iXAfrica Data Centres make?

iXAfrica Data Centres has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: iXAfrica Nairobi 2 Hyperscale, iXAfrica Nairobi Campus (iXAfrica Data Centres builds physical robots).

### Is iXAfrica Data Centres publicly traded?

No. iXAfrica Data Centres is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in iXAfrica Data Centres?

iXAfrica Data Centres is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is iXAfrica Data Centres headquartered?

iXAfrica Data Centres is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

### Who owns iXAfrica Data Centres?

iXAfrica Data Centres is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does iXAfrica Data Centres operate robots?

iXAfrica Data Centres is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was iXAfrica Data Centres founded?

iXAfrica Data Centres was founded in 2021.


## Sources (4)

1. https://ixafrica.co.ke/
2. https://www.ixafrica.co.ke/
3. https://www.ixafrica.co.ke/about
4. https://www.ixafrica.co.ke/leadership-team/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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