How many AI data centers are tracked for Africa?

Name: Africa AI data center facilities
Creator: AI Data Center Index
License: https://aidatacenterindex.com/data/

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

Facilities

Tracked Capacity

1.3 GW

Countries

Operators

Operational

Capacity Pipeline

1.3 GW of selected tracked capacity across 19 facilities.

Operational465 MW35%7

Under Construction9 MW1%2

Planned811 MW61%9

Announced50 MW4%1

Data Quality

100% cited

79% capacity published

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 selected 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 · 1.7 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 selected tracked 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