Raxio DRC to be commissioned in 2023
Raxio DRC is the country’s first carrier-neutral Tier III data centre facility and will support the country’s digital transformation and bridging international and local connectivity.
Location
Kinshasa
Close proximity to the Central Business District
Core
Tier III Standard
Up to 400 Racks
2 – 21 kW per rack
Industries
Telcoms
Financial Services
Enterprise
ISPs
CDNs
The DRC is one of Africa’s largest and fastest-growing markets, with demand for digital products and services forecasted to soar in the coming years with new subsea cables landing and expansion of inland terrestrial fibre networks.
Core services
Set to commence operations in Q2 2023, Raxio DRC will offer its customers an optimized environment for their IT equipment in a state of the art, modular facility, fully equipped with industry best in technology, security, AC/DC power compatibility and redundancy. Raxio DRC will facilitate internet traffic amongst content providers locally and make the internet experience faster, more resilient, and more affordable for all digital users.
Colocation
About
Our carrier-neutral data centre is purpose-built and certified to Tier III standards, and offers 99.9% uptime and best-in-class equipment.
The facility offers customers affordable, secure colocation spaces and hosting environments of up to 400 racks to hold all mission-critical IT infrastructure in a 24/7 redundant environment.
Carrier neutral
Allowing customers to interconnect and choose from a diverse range of carriers.
Tier III standards
To ensure a 24/7, concurrently maintainable and redundant environment with no single points of failure.
Modular
Phased capacity rollout to meet current and future customer demands, with the ability to grow within the facility as needs require.
PUE
Design PUE ratio of 1.3.
Cooling
Energy-efficient indirect adiabatic cooling technology with hot aisle containment.
Power distribution
Power distribution via redundant overhead tap-offs fed by busbars.
Power density
Able to accommodate racks from 1 kW up to 21 kW per rack.
Racks
Racks Standard 600 x 1200mm racks up to 55U. Custom solutions available.
Monitoring
24/7 NOC to ensure optimal performance and prompt troubleshooting.
Security
24/7 CCTV monitoring in addition to onsite security. Up to 7 layers of physical security between the entrance and the servers.
Our story
Raxio Data Centre is an enterprise-grade data centre coming soon to Kinshasa, DRC.
With daily internet traffic doubling in 2020, and more companies moving towards digital products and services in the DRC, Raxio data centre will provide a critical and missing part of the country’s digital infrastructure needed to support the country’s digital growth with affordable, high quality, co-location environment.
The data centre will facilitate internet traffic amongst content providers locally and internationally and make the internet experience faster, more resilient, and more affordable for all Congolese digital users. When it opens in 2022, Raxio DRC will be the only Tier III certified facility in the country and will operate as carrier-neutral and cloud-neutral with the ability to house around 400 racks at full capacity.
Leadership team
Yannick Sukakumu
General Manager, DRC
Yannick is the General Manager for Raxio DRC where he is in-charge of the development and operational management of Raxio’s facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He brings on board 12 years of finance and strategy experience from the telecoms, technology and finance industries.
Prior to Raxio, Yannick was the Regional Director for Eastern DRC at Group Vivendi Africa. Before that, he was the Operations Director of Goma at Bboxx Capital. Yannick has also held several roles across finance, commercial and strategy at Bharti Airtel DRC.
Graduated from Universitie Protestante au Congo with a Bachelor in Economics and subsequently completed a Masters degree in Microfinance from the Frankfurt School of Business and Management.
