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

Data Center Colocation Costs in Nigeria: Q3 2026 Price Index

Compare 14 data centers in Nigeria across 8 operators, 101 MW: capacity, status, certifications, facilities and colocation pricing context.

14 facilities101 MW tracked8 operators

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Average wholesale, $/kW/mo — Collecting

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Retail rack, $/mo — Collecting

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Year on year

$0.049

Commercial power, $/kWh

Q3 2026 · · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 · 4 Tier III/IV · 1 AI-ready · 101+ MW · sources

Why prices sit where they do

Nigeria's colocation market centres on Lagos, split mainly between the newer Lekki/Eko Atlantic corridor and the older Victoria Island/Ikeja core. Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies) runs the largest single building, a 20.65 MW, TIA-942 Rated-3 facility in the Eko Atlantic City free zone; Rack Centre, the market's oldest independent operator, holds a two-building Ikeja-area campus (1.5 MW LGS1, the first Uptime Tier III-certified facility in West Africa, plus a 12 MW LGS2 expansion). Equinix runs two buildings on a shared Lekki campus, the former MainOne/MDXi site, with a third under construction; Digital Realty (formerly Medallion Communications) runs four smaller buildings split between Lekki and Victoria Island; Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) and Nxtra by Airtel Africa (a 38 MW hyperscale build under construction in Eko Atlantic) are newer entrants. MTN's Sifiso Dabengwa data centre in Ikeja is Nigeria's largest prefabricated modular facility. Business electricity runs $0.049/kWh (GlobalPetrolPrices, Dec 2025), but unreliable grid supply means diesel and gas backup generation dominate actual facility design.

Frequently asked questions

How much does colocation cost in Nigeria?

No published wholesale $/kW benchmark exists for Nigeria yet, so we show nothing rather than an estimate. What is verifiable: the catalog tracks 14 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 Nigeria?

Commercial electricity in Nigeria is $0.049 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 — 14 facilities in our catalog, 2 of them announced or under construction.

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Quick answer

How many data centers are in Nigeria?

Coloprice tracks 14 data centers in Nigeria: 12 operational with 63 MW of published IT power, 2 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
Africa Data Centres LOS1Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies)NigeriaEko Atlantic City, Lagos20.6536DOperational
Rack Centre LGS1Rack CentreNigeriaLagos1.5III63COperational
Rack Centre LGS2Rack CentreNigeriaLagos1241DOperational
Equinix LG1EquinixNigeriaLekki, Lagos9·Operational
Equinix LG2EquinixNigeriaLekki, Lagos9·Operational
Equinix LG3EquinixNigeriaLekki, Lagos3·Under construction
Digital Realty LKK1Digital Realty (formerly Medallion Communications)NigeriaLekki, Lagos12·Operational
Digital Realty LKK2Digital Realty (formerly Medallion Communications)NigeriaLekki, Lagos12·Operational
Digital Realty LOS1 (Victoria Island)Digital Realty (formerly Medallion Communications)NigeriaVictoria Island, Lagos12·Operational
Digital Realty LOS2 (Victoria Island)Digital Realty (formerly Medallion Communications)NigeriaVictoria Island, Lagos12·Operational
MTN Sifiso Dabengwa Data and Cloud CentreMTN NigeriaNigeriaIkeja, Lagos4.5III47DOperational
OADC LOS1 (Lekki)Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC)NigeriaLekki, Lagos24III41DOperational
Nxtra by Airtel Africa — Lagos Data CentreNxtra by Airtel AfricaNigeriaEko Atlantic City, Lagos3818·Under construction
Galaxy Backbone Data Center, KanoGalaxy Backbone LimitedNigeriaKanoIV39DOperational