Digital Realty has taken a bold step forward in raising Nigeria’s digital infrastructure bar by launching its third data centre in Lagos—LKK2, located strategically in the Lekki corridor. The facility adds nearly 2 MW of IT capacity across an expansive 13,000 square feet of data hall space, an investment that brings new scale and capability to the digital ecosystem in West Africa.
This expansion does more than just increase capacity; it signals Digital Realty’s steadfast commitment to underpinning Africa’s digital future. “LKK2 is a significant milestone in our journey to support digital transformation in Africa,” said Ike Nnamani, Managing Director of Digital Realty Nigeria. His words reflect not only pride in this new development but also the firm’s strategic vision to deliver future-ready, globally interconnected infrastructure for both local enterprises and multinational corporations.
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Seamless Connectivity: Subsea, Interconnection, and Resilience
LKK2 isn’t operating in isolation—it is fully integrated with Digital Realty’s existing Lagos data-centre infrastructure:
- LKK1, the first Lagos site, serves as the landing station for the 2Africa subsea cable system, which spans over 46 landing points across 33 countries in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
- The facility is also connected via ServiceFabric®, Digital Realty’s global interconnection and orchestration platform. This platform gives enterprises ultra-low-latency, high-throughput connectivity to:
- LOS1, West Africa’s leading internet peering point; and
- LOS2, the company’s Victoria Island data centre.
Together, this regional infrastructure hub offers resilience, redundancy, and scalability—critical for hyperscale operators, cloud providers, and local enterprises alike.
Overcoming Infrastructure Challenges in Lekki
What makes LKK2’s Lekki location particularly noteworthy is the level of ground-level investment required to make it operational. The Lekki corridor, while promising, initially presented serious challenges: poor access roads, unreliable public power, lack of fibre ducting, and exposure to flood risk from the ocean.
Digital Realty addressed these site challenges head-on:
- Constructed a 4.2-kilometre paved access road to ensure reliable connectivity.
- Built a dedicated 33 kV power line from the Ajah substation, securing stable public utility power.
- Established multiple fibre routes linking to Victoria Island for robust network paths.
- Engineered a flood-defence wall capable of withstanding sea-level rise for the next 275 years—a legacy-level protection.
These efforts proved transformative, not just for the data centre, but also for the wider locale. What was once underdeveloped has quickly become a bustling investment hub, now host to new residential estates, resort developments, a planned 50 MW independent power plant, and further business activities.
A Sustainable Platform for Nigeria’s Digital Future
LKK2 is built to Tier 3+ standards, offering redundant N+1 power and N+2 cooling systems and spanning 1,260 m² of IT space—all designed to deliver uninterrupted operational reliability. It also includes six layers of controlled access and 24/7 security monitoring, ensuring a high-security environment for critical infrastructure.
Notably, this development positions Digital Realty as the first carrier-neutral provider to operate two independent data-centre campuses in Lagos, setting it apart in Nigeria’s emerging market.
This expansion comes at a crucial time when Nigeria’s digital consumption is surging. According to Nigeria’s National Communication Commission, average monthly data usage per subscription more than doubled—from 3.3 GB in January 2023 to 7.4 GB by May 2025—due to intensified usage across streaming, e-learning, remote work, and general online activity.
The launch of LKK2 promises to bolster Nigeria’s digital backbone by offering low-latency access to global cloud services, delivering improved application performance, and meeting the demands of a rapidly evolving market driven by data-intensive usage, rather than new subscriptions.
Conclusion
Digital Realty’s launch of LKK2 in Lagos isn’t just another data centre—it’s a comprehensive platform designed to address infrastructure, connectivity, resilience, and scalability all at once. Through heavy onsite investment and deep integration into global networks, it’s helping to reshape not just Nigeria’s digital infrastructure but the broader African digital economy as well.
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