Nigeria Data Center Colocation Market Analysis Report Includes Colocation Supply, Colocation Demand, & Colocation Revenue. Get Insights on Existing and Upcoming Facilities Across Nigeria.

Nigeria Data Center Colocation Market – Supply & Demand Analysis 2025-2030

NIGERIA DATA CENTER COLOCATION DEMAND AND SUPPLY HIGHLIGHTS

The Nigeria data center colocation market size was valued at USD 51 million in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 544 million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 48.37% during the forecast period. Nigeria data center colocation market is one of the growing colocation data center markets in the Africa region. With the strong connectivity, strategic location and government support. While it faces some challenges in terms of power availability and infrastructure. We believe that these issues are expected to be addressed during the forecast period.

The country attracts investment from global colocation operators to invest across the country. For instance, in April 2025, Equinix announced that it had acquired Nigeria’s MainOne and plans to invest around $140 million to expand its digital infrastructure across southern Nigeria over the next two years.

Some of the leading colocation operators in the market include Africa Data Centres, 21 Century Technologies, Equinix, Digital Realty, Open Access Data Centres (OADC), Rack Centre and others.

The average occupancy rate of colocation data centers across the country was over 90% which is likely to rise to around 98%, maintaining the vacancy rate at the lowest of 2% by 2030, creating a significant impact in the industry.

In Nigeria, the demand for retail colocation is expected to decline in the forecast period, while wholesale colocation demand is projected to grow over the forecast period. However, the demand for wholesale colocation is expected to grow owing to the rising use of cloud-based services; cloud operators are estimated to store part of their workloads via wholesale colocation.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

1. A transparent research methodology and insights on the colocation demand and supply aspect of the market.
2. Market size available in terms of utilized white floor area, IT power capacity and racks.
3. Market size available in terms of Core & Shell, Vs Installed Vs Utilized IT Power Capacity, along with the occupancy %.
4. The study of the existing Nigeria data center market landscape, and insightful predictions about Nigeria data center market size during the forecast period.
5. An analysis on the current and future colocation demand in Nigeria by several industries.
6. The study on the sustainability status in Nigeria.
7. Analysis on current and future cloud operations in Nigeria.
8. The snapshot of upcoming submarine cables in Nigeria.
9. Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in Nigeria.
10. Facilities Covered (Existing): 15
11. Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 16
12. Coverage: 2 Cities
13. Existing vs. Upcoming (White Floor Area)
14. Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
15. Data center colocation market in Nigeria.
16. Colocation Market Revenue & Forecast (2024-2030)
17. Retail Colocation Revenue (2024-2030)
18. Wholesale Colocation Revenue (2024-2030)
19. Retail Colocation Pricing along with Addons
20. Wholesale Colocation Pricing, along with the pricing trends.
21. An analysis of the latest trends, potential opportunities, growth restraints, and prospects for the colocation data center industry in Nigeria.
22. Competitive landscape, including market share analysis by the colocation operators based on IT power capacity and revenue.
23. Vendor landscape of each existing and upcoming colocation operators based on existing/ upcoming count of data centers, white floor area, IT power capacity and data center location.

TARGET AUDIENCE

1. Data center Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
2. Data center Construction Contractors
3. Data center Infrastructure Providers
4. New Entrants
5. Consultants/Consultancies/Advisory Firms
6. Corporate and Government Agencies