LINX Nairobi Network Extended to PAIX Data Centres Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya – 11 September 2024

LINX Nairobi is a neutral, multi-site interconnection fabric providing peering services and more for networks to improve performance, increase redundancy and lower latency.

Launched back in November 2023, the new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) is going from strength to strength with a strong community of local Internet Service Providers (ISPs), global content networks and strategic partners already interconnected, and traffic is starting to build.

The team at LINX have spent a lot of time with the local engineering community and following interest from key networks located at PAIX it was decided that the infrastructure needed to grow – only 9 months after launch.

PAIX Nairobi NBO-1 is located at the Britam Tower in Upper Hill, Nairobi, the central business district and a known key financial hub for East and Central Africa.

Networks located at the PAIX facility in Nairobi are a single cross connect away from peering opportunities with any network present at LINX Nairobi, from global content networks like Meta to local ISPs such as ICON Fiber, Mtaani Telecom, Mymanga Networks and PepeaNet.

LINX Nairobi has a fully interconnected and dual fibre infrastructure between the data centre sites for full resilience and redundancy. The addition of PAIX will enhance the LINX fabric to a 4-site interconnection hub and is planned to go live in the coming weeks.

QUOTES

• Emmanuel Makina, Sales Manager of PAIX Data Centres says: “With our cloud- and carrier-neutral facility located in the centre of the business district, we host communities of interest for the financial and content industries, so that includes financial services, advertising, broadcasting, and entertainment companies.  
  The customers that host their mission critical equipment in our facility have a requirement to be online 24x7 in today’s digital economy.  They all benefit from being able to connect to multiple networks, easily scale their bandwidth, reduce their connectivity costs, and have the lowest latency to their partners.
  Further, the PAIX facility is a natural communications hub for Nairobi: in a very central location in Upper Hill, and next to Britam Tower where our customers can colocate their antennas for wireless connectivity to all parts of the city.”
• Jennifer Holmes, CCO for LINX comments: “We didn’t expect to be expanding the LINX Nairobi network this soon, but we like to pride ourselves in our commitment to the local community. They said, we listened. By expanding the peering opportunities to the customers at PAIX we are adding value to the entire LINX Nairobi community and prospective new local and global networks who we are in talks with.”
• Wouter van Hulten, CEO & founder, says: “PAIX Data Centres is fully committed to the development of Kenya’s digital infrastructure, with support for all the latest AI hardware and software. PAIX Data Centres is invested in by Africa50, a private equity fund in which the Republic of Kenya is a shareholder. We are building and operating the infrastructure to enable Africa’s digital economy, with local data centres, local teams, and world class operations, all essential ingredients for the developments that lie ahead. We warmly welcome LINX to the PAIX Community in Kenya.”

MEDIA CONTACT

For media inquiries, please contact:

marketing@linx.net

Lynsey Buckingham

Partner Marketing and Communications Specialist, LINX

Email: lynsey@linx.net  

Phone: +44 7884667167

info@paix.io

Emmanuel Makina

PAIX Data Centres, Sales & Marketing Manager Kenya

Email: emmanuel.makina@paix.co

Phone: +233 277550078

About the London Internet Exchange:

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is a mutually governed Internet exchange point (IXP) providing peering services and public policy representation to network operators, encompassing over 950 different autonomous systems (ASNs). Established in 1994 in London, LINX operates IXPs in London, Manchester, Scotland, and Wales in the United Kingdom, as well as in Northern Virginia, United States.

LINX have been pioneers of peering for nearly 30 years and have changed the Internet and connectivity landscape in the UK. They are fully invested in working for the good of the internet in Kenya as they roll out their peering solutions as well as further interconnection services in the future.

www.linx.net

About PAIX Data Centres:

PAIX Data Centres is a leading provider of data centre solutions, offering state-of-the-art facilities and services to meet the evolving needs of businesses across Africa. With a focus on reliability, carrier neutrality, scalability, and security, PAIX Data Centres enables organizations to harness the power of technology and drive digital transformation. From ISPs and cloud providers to financial institutions and enterprises, PAIX Data Centres delivers innovative solutions that fuel growth and success in today's digital economy to businesses of all sizes.

PAIX Data Centres is invested in by Africa50, a private equity fund in which the Republic of Kenya is a shareholder.

www.paix.io