MTN advances ‘integrated’ infra vision with data centre JV

Cameron Page2026-08-28T14:26:00

Source: Unsplash / Taylor Vick

Operator firms up data centre joint venture with Emirati data centre investor, with initial plans to build capacity in Nigeria and South Africa. Move sees MTN advance data centre expansion plans as part of Ambition 2030 strategy.

This article includes:

Organisations: Africa Data Hub Holding; Bayobab; Gulf Data Hub; IHS Towers; KKR; MTN; MTN Digital Infrastructure; OpenAI; Orange.
Geographies: Africa; Bahrain; Egypt; Jordan; Kuwait; Middle East; Morocco; Nigeria; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; South Africa; United Arab Emirates (UAE).
People: Mazen Mroué; Ralph Mupita; Tarek Al Ashram.
Themes: AI; AI data centres; AI-ready digital infrastructure; Ambition 2030 strategy; Cloud adoption; Cloud providers; Connectivity; Data centre capacity; Data centre expansion; Data centre investment; Data centre joint venture; Data centre operator; Data sovereignty; Digital infrastructure; Digital innovation; Enterprise services; Fibre assets; Fibre backbone; Fibre expansion; Go-to-market support; Hyperscalers; In-country data centres; Integrated digital infrastructure stack; IT capacity; Language localisation; Large language models; Market access; Open access connectivity; Private equity; Satellite partnerships; Subsea cable; Technology innovators; Third-party partnerships; Tower deals; Training data.

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