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G42-Microsoft Olkaria Geothermal Data Center

Olkaria / Naivasha context, Nakuru, KenyaDelayed
Evidence
Planned / design
1,000 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

G42-Microsoft Olkaria Geothermal Data Center is in Olkaria / Naivasha context, Nakuru, KE and is a data center campus with stalled status.

Program relationships

G42-Microsoft Kenya Digital Ecosystem Initiative · Program

Capacity

Initial capacity concept

Planned / design or future potential

100 MW

Source

Long range capacity potential

Planned / design or future potential

1 GW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Definitive-agreement and initial-campus proposalChanged or cancelled

The original 24-month concept was conditional on definitive commercial and power agreements.

Milestones (1)
Stalled/restructuring negotiations reported

May 10, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

EcoCloud Limited

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
G42

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Other participants (1)
Microsoft

Supplier

Sources by role
Supplier (1)

Additional project facts

Original conditional delivery window

Actual

24 months after definitive agreements

Source

Stalled restructuring status

Actual

Commercial and power discussions continuing

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (1)
Renewable energy supply

Potential or planned

Proposed campus was intended to use geothermal power near Olkaria; no final PPA, supply quantity or capacity payment is verified.

Other · Under review

Olkaria geothermal data center

Sources (3)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.