The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to increase the state’s data centre capacity to more than 250 megawatts by 2030 as demand for cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence infrastructure and local data storage continues to rise across Nigeria’s digital economy.
Speaking at the launch of the Kasi Cloud LOS1 data centre facility in Lekki, the Lagos State Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Olatubosun Alake, disclosed that Lagos already hosts nearly 75 per cent of Nigeria’s commercial data centre capacity, with an additional 146 megawatts currently in development. According to him, the state is positioning itself as a leading hub for hyperscale AI infrastructure and digital services in Africa.
Alake described the newly launched Kasi LOS1 facility as a 40MW hyperscale data centre campus designed to support advanced AI workloads through Nvidia H100 and H200 GPU infrastructure, liquid cooling systems and cloud computing services. He noted that Lagos was investing heavily in fibre optic expansion, smart city infrastructure, innovation programmes and digital governance systems to prepare for the rapidly evolving AI driven economy.
Also speaking, the Co founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kasi Cloud, Johnson Agbogun, said Nigerian businesses currently spend about $850 million annually on foreign cloud infrastructure, stressing that the Lekki facility would help strengthen local AI and cloud computing capabilities. The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority also backed the project through an $8 million convertible loan investment, as stakeholders projected Nigeria to become Africa’s fastest growing data centre investment market despite challenges linked to energy costs, electricity supply instability and foreign exchange volatility.