Helios Investment Partners, a private investment firm, has revealed plans for two landmark investments in Africa, the acquisitions of majority stakes in Maroc Datacenter (MDC), a carrier-neutral data centre in Morocco, and in IXAfrica, a leading developer and operator of hyperscale-ready data centres in Kenya.
BMA understands that since its launch in 2017, MDC has delivered 100 per cent uptime, providing mission-critical colocation and cloud services for its growing customer base of blue-chip public and private institutions.
In addition, Helios says that MDC will serve as a critical building block in a broader Helios hyperscale data centre platform in the Rabat and Casablanca metro areas, serving global hyperscale, domestic enterprise and carrier customers.
On the other hand, IXAfrica was established in Kenya in 2021 to capitalise on the soaring demand for internet connectivity and the rapid adoption of cloud solutions among the country’s enterprises, reports say.
Helios explained that IXAfrica’s strategic location alongside the Mombasa Road in Nairobi provides ready access to all existing primary internet connectivity infrastructure.
IXAfrica is expected to establish a leading position in Kenya, delivering over 20MW of hyperscale-ready capacity, Helios said.
Both transactions are subject to customary closing conditions.
In 2006, Helios founded the first independent company in Africa devoted to building and operating telecom towers and went on to create other shared infrastructure businesses across the continent.
Helios notes that the next phase of the continent’s telecommunications transformation offers new and significant opportunities in digital infrastructure.
