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3 facilities · Q3 2026 · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 ·

Data Center Colocation Costs in Ethiopia: Q3 2026 Price Index

Compare 3 data centers in Ethiopia across 3 operators, 3 MW: capacity, status, certifications, facilities and colocation pricing context.

3 facilities3 MW tracked3 operators

Colocation pricing: Ethiopia & other markets — The Colocation Price Index → · Best data centers in Ethiopia →

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Average wholesale, $/kW/mo — Collecting

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Retail rack, $/mo — Collecting

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Year on year

$0.015

Commercial power, $/kWh

Q3 2026 · · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 · 3 Tier III/IV · 0 AI-ready · 3+ MW · sources

How this market compares

Market$/kW/mo$/kWhfacilitiesRound-trip
Ethiopia· · ·$0.0153
Kenya· · ·$0.1719

Round-trip times are measured figures from the latency matrix; power tariffs from the index. Cross-connects add $50–$350 per month each on top of any rate. Round-trip · The Index

Why prices sit where they do

Ethiopia's catalog entries center on Addis Ababa: Raxio Group's ET1 (2023, 800 racks, 3 MW, Uptime Institute Tier III Design and Constructed Facility awards), Wingu Africa's ETH1 (launched 2022, expanded 2023, also Design and Constructed Facility certified), and state operator Ethio telecom's Nefas Silk site, one of several Ethio telecom buildings across the capital and Debre Birhan holding Design Documents-only awards. Ethio telecom, as the national incumbent, runs the largest number of named facilities but discloses the least technical detail per site. Business electricity runs $0.015/kWh (GlobalPetrolPrices, Dec 2025), among the lowest rates the catalog tracks, reflecting Ethiopia's overwhelmingly hydropower-based grid anchored by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and heavy state subsidy of retail tariffs.

Frequently asked questions

How much does colocation cost in Ethiopia?

No published wholesale $/kW benchmark exists for Ethiopia yet, so we show nothing rather than an estimate. What is verifiable: the catalog tracks 3 facilities here. Run at least three quotes in parallel — where no benchmark is published, individual offers vary far more.

Why is colocation priced the way it is in Ethiopia?

Commercial electricity in Ethiopia is $0.015 per kWh, and power is the largest single input into a colocation rate. On top of that sit land and grid-connection availability, interconnection density, and how much capacity competes for the same tenants — 3 facilities in our catalog, 0 of them announced or under construction.

Where is colocation cheaper near Ethiopia?

Ethiopia sits at the cheaper end of its regional cluster on the inputs we can verify. The table below compares neighbouring hubs on power tariff, facility count and round-trip time.

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Quick answer

How many data centers are in Ethiopia?

Coloprice tracks 3 data centers in Ethiopia: 3 operational with 3 MW of published IT power, 0 under construction and 0 announced. The count covers publicly disclosed facilities and grows as operators publish new sites; every figure links to its primary source.

Data centers

FacilityOperatorCountryCityPower, MWTierScoreReviewsStatus
Raxio ET1Raxio Data Centre PLCEthiopiaAddis Ababa3III53COperational
Wingu Africa Data Center (ETH1)wingu.africaEthiopiaAddis AbabaIII36DOperational
Ethio telecom Nefas Silk Data CenterEthio telecomEthiopiaAddis AbabaIII23EOperational