PAIX DKR1 Dakar Data Center

Les Mamelles, Dakar, DK, SenegalUnder construction

Evidence

Headline capacity: Not established in published records
Updated: Oct 28, 2026

Capacity

Designed IT load

Design

1.2 MW

First operating phase · Phase

Phase scope; not a whole-site figure

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

Land acquisition and construction launchAnnounced or preconstruction

Enabling/launch scope only.

First operating phaseUnder construction

Up to 1.2 MW; opening not confirmed at cutoff.

Future expansionPlanned

Do not assume the first phase equals full build.

Milestones (2)

PAIX launches DKR1 construction

Jan 23, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Construction started

Source not linked

First-phase operating target

2026 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

PAIX Data Centres

Operator

Sources by role

Operator (1)

PAIX Data Centres announces construction of a new data centre in Dakar · Jan 23, 2025 · Primary

Operator (1)

PAIX Data Centres breaks ground on facility in Dakar, Senegal · Jan 23, 2025 · Corroborating

PAIX Data Centres Senegal

Owner

Sources by role

Owner (1)

PAIX Data Centres announces construction of a new data centre in Dakar · Jan 23, 2025 · Primary

Other participants (1)

AFR-IX Telecom

Supplier

Sources by role

Supplier (1)

PAIX Data Centres announces construction of a new data centre in Dakar · Jan 23, 2025 · Primary

Site & development

Land status

Actual

Purchased

Source

Colocation space

Actual

900 sqm

Conflicting public evidence

Source

Construction jobs

Reported rounded

200 job

Source

Additional project facts

Project status

Actual

Under construction

Source

Usable space

Reported rounded

918 sqm

Conflicting public evidence

Source

Bay count

Design

330 bay

First operating phase · Phase

Source

Operational jobs

Reported rounded

20 job

Source

Submarine cable context

Actual

ACE; MainOne; SAT-3; SHARE; 2Africa planned in source

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)

Electric grid

Under construction

1.2 MW

designed it or critical power — 1.2 MW; under construction.

Fiber

Planned or represented

carrier neutral interconnection; planned.

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