Carrier-neutral data centre provider Digital Parks Africa and hyperscale, carrier-neutral data centre provider iXAfrica Data Centres have formed a partnership to bring data centre services to Southern and East Africa and expand both providers’ footprints across Africa.

Through the collaboration, both providers can offer businesses and multinational customers seamless access to data centre services across Southern and East Africa. Their customers can now leverage points of presence in both regions through a single integrated solution, which simplifies multinational operations and expansion.

This means that Digital Parks Africa customers will gain access to data centre services in Nairobi, Kenya, where iXAfrica's data centre is located, and thereby benefit from the local ecosystem, including fibre and cloud operators.

Similarly, iXAfrica customers can tap into Digital Parks Africa’s established infrastructure in South Africa, that adheres to high standards and operational excellence.

This collaboration ensures consistent, reliable, and efficient data centre services across borders, thereby allowing customers to expand into new economic hubs with trusted providers in each region, the companies say.

Further, the partnership is a strategic move to create a pan-African digital backbone. As Africa rapidly digitises, the demand for carrier-neutral, high-resilience and AI-ready data centres is accelerating.

iXAfrica and Digital Parks Africa are positioning themselves as partners for hyper-scalers, enterprises and governments.

“This partnership is about building bridges across Africa’s digital economy. By aligning with Digital Parks Africa, we are giving customers the confidence to expand seamlessly across borders with the reliability, efficiency and resilience they expect in global markets,” says iXAfrica CEO Snehar Shah.

“For us at iXAfrica, it is about enabling Africa’s enterprises and innovators to scale at the speed of technology, while creating the foundations for AI, cloud and connectivity to thrive across the continent.”

“Partnering with iXAfrica enables us to jointly serve the growing needs of a continent that is on the cusp of a digital revolution. Together, we are ensuring that Africa is not just consuming technology, but is actively shaping the digital future,” says Digital Parks Africa Group chief commercial officer Wiaan Vermaak.