Rack Centre, West Africa’s leading Tier III carrier- and cloud-neutral data center, has partnered with EdgeNext to launch Content Delivery Network (CDN) and cloud hosting services in Nigeria. The services will be hosted at Rack Centre’s state-of-the-art LGS2 facility in Lagos.
With over 200 million people and one of Africa’s youngest populations, Nigeria’s digital economy is growing rapidly. The surge in demand for internet services, mobile applications, gaming, e-commerce, and social media platforms has created a pressing need for high-performance infrastructure capable of delivering seamless digital experiences.
EdgeNext’s expansion into Nigeria aims to address this demand by improving content delivery efficiency, ensuring fast and stable application performance, and enabling businesses to scale effectively across the region. Its global acceleration network provides smoother, low-latency experiences for video streaming, e-commerce, and social media platforms, while flexible cloud hosting resources help developers and SMEs deploy services quickly, reduce IT costs, and accelerate digital transformation.
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EdgeNext is also developing gaming cloud solutions to support Nigeria’s thriving gaming community, offering low-latency, high-concurrency acceleration for mobile, PC, and cloud gaming, ensuring immersive user experiences.
“Launching our CDN and cloud hosting services in Nigeria marks a key milestone for EdgeNext,” said Terence Wang, CEO of EdgeNext. “By partnering with Rack Centre, we are delivering secure, reliable, and low-latency services for enterprises, developers, and end users, ushering in a new era of cloud and edge computing in Nigeria.”
Lars Johannisson, CEO of Rack Centre, added: “EdgeNext’s arrival at Rack Centre demonstrates the strength of Nigeria’s digital infrastructure ecosystem. Our LGS2 facility provides the capacity, connectivity, and sustainability that global providers need to serve this market effectively.”
Rack Centre’s 13.5MW campus hosts over 73 carriers, ISPs, and network operators. The LGS2 facility achieves a design PUE of 1.35 using sustainable energy sources and offers direct connectivity to every subsea cable landing on Africa’s Atlantic coast, including Equiano and the forthcoming 2Africa cable.
This collaboration underscores the growing demand for edge services across Africa and reinforces Rack Centre’s position as a key gateway for international technology providers seeking to expand into the continent.
