Market comparison
Mombasa, Kenya vs Nairobi, Kenya
Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Mombasa — 4 facilities from 3 operators, Nairobi — 7 facilities from 6 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.
Mombasa, Kenya
4
Tracked facilities · Operators: 3
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Nairobi, Kenya
7
Tracked facilities · Operators: 6
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Markets side by side
| Field | Mombasa | Nairobi |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked facilities | 4 | 7 |
| Operators | 3 | 6 |
| Published IT capacity | not published | 12 MW (2 of 7 sites publish) |
| Operational | 4 | 7 |
| Under construction / announced | 0 | 0 |
| Tier III+ certified sites | 0 | 1 |
| Sites with any certification | 0 | 2 |
| Liquid-cooled sites | 0 | 0 |
| AI-ready sites | 0 | 1 |
| Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month | not published | not published |
| Benchmark change, yoy | not published | not published |
| Industrial power tariff, $/kWh | $0.171 | $0.171 |
| Average Coloprice Score | 10/100 across 4 sites | 19/100 across 7 sites |
| Latency between the two | not published | |
Counts are the Coloprice catalog as of 2026-10-01; benchmarks are the Colocation Price Index (Q3 2026). Operators publish some facts and not others — an empty cell means «not published», not zero.
Where they differ
Only fields both sides publish and where the values are not identical. This is not a judgement: the right choice depends on the workload, the contract and the site.
- Tracked facilities: Mombasa — 4; Nairobi — 7
- Operators: Mombasa — 3; Nairobi — 6
- Operational: Mombasa — 4; Nairobi — 7
- Tier III+ certified sites: Mombasa — 0; Nairobi — 1
- Sites with any certification: Mombasa — 0; Nairobi — 2
- AI-ready sites: Mombasa — 0; Nairobi — 1
- Average Coloprice Score: Mombasa — 10/100 across 4 sites; Nairobi — 19/100 across 7 sites
Published for only one side: Published IT capacity.
Top facilities by score
Mombasa, Kenya
- Digital Realty MBA1 (Mombasa) Digital Realty
- Digital Realty MBA2 (Mombasa) Digital Realty
- SEACOM Mombasa CLS SEACOM
Nairobi, Kenya
- Africa Data Centres NBO1 Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies) · 7.5 MW
- Digital Realty NBO1 (Nairobi) Digital Realty
- IXAfrica NBOX1 IXAfrica Data Centres · 4.5 MW
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