How many AI data centers are tracked for Africa?

The AI Data Center Index tracks 19 facilities for Africa with 1.3 GW of known capacity.

Continental Market

Africa

The AI infrastructure buildout across Africa — countries, operators, capacity, and pipeline status. Africa hosts 19 tracked facilities across 7 countries with 1.3 GW of combined capacity.

Facilities

Known Capacity

1.3 GW

Countries

Operators

Operational

Capacity Pipeline

1.3 GW of known capacity across 19 facilities.

Operational465 MW35%7

Under Construction9 MW1%2

Planned811 MW61%9

Announced50 MW4%1

Data Quality

100% cited

79% capacity known

100% geolocated

84% dated

Geographic footprint

19 facilities with published coordinates in this slice.

Operational Under construction Planned Announced

Peer Ranking

Where Africa stands among 8 tracked continents.

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By facility count#5of 8

By known capacity#7of 8 · 1.3 GW

Share of top market

2% of the #1 continent's capacity

Nearby peers

South America 14 · 7.6 GW Oceania 12 · 2.7 GW Other 2 · 550 MW

Market Composition

How this slice breaks down

Status, operator concentration, and energy profile across 19 facilities.

Status distribution

Operational737%

Under construction211%

Planned947%

Announced15%

Top operators by capacity

Naver500 MW NVIDIA500 MW Nexus Core Systems500 MW Lloyd Capital500 MW TAQA Morocco500 MW Microsoft290 MW

Energy mix

Renewable421%

Mixed526%

Other / Unknown1053%

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Frequently asked questions

How many AI data centers are tracked for Africa?: The AI Data Center Index tracks 19 facilities for Africa with 1.3 GW of known capacity.

Facilities

Facility	Operator	Location	Capacity ↓	Status	Energy	Workload	Sources
Naver & NVIDIA Morocco AI Data Center (Tamesna)	Naver NVIDIA Nexus Core Systems Lloyd Capital TAQA Morocco	Morocco Northern Africa	500 MW	planned	Renewable	Hyperscale AI factory for EMEA	2
AWS — Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1	Amazon AWS	South Africa Western Cape	120 MW	operational	Mixed	General Cloud	1
AWS — Middle East South (Cairo) me-south-2	Amazon AWS	Egypt Cairo Governorate	100 MW	planned	Mixed	General Cloud	1
Ethiopia — National AI Factory	Ethiopian AI Institute & International Investors	Ethiopia Addis Ababa	100 MW	planned	Other	Training	1
Microsoft & G42's Olkaria Geothermal Data Center (Kenya)	Microsoft G42	Kenya Eastern Africa	100 MW	planned	Other	General Cloud	3
Microsoft Azure — South Africa AI Region	Microsoft	South Africa Gauteng	80 MW	operational	Mixed	Mixed	2
Amazon Web Services — Cape Town Africa Region (af-south-1)	Amazon Web Services	South Africa Western Cape	60 MW	operational	Other	Inference	2
AWS — Cape Town Africa Region	Amazon Web Services	South Africa Western Cape	60 MW	operational	Mixed	Mixed	2
Google Cloud — Johannesburg Africa Region	Google	South Africa Gauteng	60 MW	operational	Mixed	Mixed	2
Microsoft Azure — South Africa North Region (Johannesburg)	Microsoft	South Africa Gauteng	60 MW	operational	Other	Inference	2
Microsoft Azure — Nigeria Region (Lagos, Announced)	Microsoft	Nigeria Lagos State	50 MW	announced	Other	Inference	2
Egypt Government Data & Cloud Computing Center	Government of Egypt MCIT	Egypt Cairo	25 MW	operational	Other	Government AI & Analytics	2
Raxio — Dar es Salaam AI Data Center	Raxio Group	Tanzania Dar es Salaam	10 MW	planned	Other	General Cloud	1
MTN AI Data Center (Nigeria)	MTN Group Genova (MTN AI infrastructure)	Nigeria Western Africa	9 MW	under construction	Other	General Cloud	2
Equinix LG3 Lagos (Nigeria)	Equinix	Nigeria Lagos	1 MW	planned	Other	Colocation and Interconnection	1
Cassava AI Data Center (Egypt)	Cassava Technologies Africa Data Centres NVIDIA	Egypt Northern Africa	—	planned	Renewable	North African AI compute hub	2
Cassava AI Data Center (Morocco)	Cassava Technologies Africa Data Centres NVIDIA	Morocco Northern Africa	—	planned	Renewable	Maghreb AI infrastructure node	2
Cassava AI Data Center (Nigeria)	Cassava Technologies Africa Data Centres NVIDIA	Nigeria Western Africa	—	planned	Other	Sovereign AI	2
Cassava AI Data Center (South Africa)	Cassava Technologies Africa Data Centres NVIDIA	South Africa Southern Africa	—	under construction	Renewable	Mixed	2