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MainOne’s MDXI Achieves another Certification

MDXi, West Africa’s leading commercial data center provider has received Tier III Certification on the Design Documents of its new Appolonia Data Center from Uptime Institute, The Global Data Center Certifying Authority. The 104-rack facility extends MainOne’s MDXi’s footprint into…

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MDXi, Microsoft, HPE to unveil Microsoft Stack Cloud offering @ Nerds Unite 2020

MDXi, MainOne’s data center subsidiary, will announce the local offering of Microsoft’s Azure Stack to its customers as part of its ‘Managed Cloud Services’. The Stack platform provided in partnership with Microsoft and HPE will be unveiled at MainOne’s 5th…

MDXi Adegbiji receives TCCF plaque
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MainOne plans fresh Tier III facility in Appolonia City Ghana

Emerging African indigenous datacenter giant, MainOne Wednesday announced the expansion of its data center brand, MDXi, into Accra Ghana, saying the drive is in line with its ongoing West African expansion plans. The company’s MDXi subsidiary, the largest commercial data…

MDXI MD, Gbenga Adebiji
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MDXi joins champions, wins Best Tier III Data Centre @ Beacon of ICT Awards

Major data centre captain and leading co-location group, MDXi (a MainOne company) has received the Best Tier III Data Center of The Year award at the 2019 Beacon of ICT Awards. MDXi beat Rack Center and 21st Century to emerge…

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MainOne hails year 2018 business year, plans big for next year

The management of leading Cable Company and telecoms Infrastructure Company (Infraco) in Nigeria, MainOne Group, has described its business activities in the ending year 2018 as eventful, revealing that “New milestones including expansion to Francophone West Africa via submarine cable…

MDXi Adegbiji receives TCCF plaque
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MDXi seeks use of growing edge data centre ecosystem on continental traffic exchange

General Manager of West Africa’s leading data centre company, MDXi, Mr. Gbenga Adegbiji  has reiterated the importance of edge data centres to enable African consumers enjoy improved online experiences with much reduced latency, while significantly reducing transit costs. Relying on…

MDXI MD, Gbenga Adebiji
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MainOne’s MDXI hits TCCF to become most certified Data Center in Nigeria

MainOne’s Data Centre subsidiary, MDXI has just received its Tier III Constructed Facility certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute. Industry analysts say with this new milestone, MDXI becomes the leading Data center in West Africa with the top 5 certifications…

Funke Okpeke, Mainone boss
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Lack of open access, infrastructure for content bane of submarine cables—Opeke

Core indigenous investor in submarine cables and Chief Executive Officer of MainOne Cable Company, Ms. Funke Opeke has revealed that the glut in capacity is attributed to the lack of carrier-neutral or open access data centers, where everyone can get…

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Leading Nigerian data centre operators’ list advantages of local hosting

Three leading data centre operators in Nigeria including MDXI, a division of MainOne Cable Company, Medallion Communications and RackCentre have opened up on the advantages of hosting data at home. Addressing members of the Nigerian Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA),…

Mainone Data Gbenga Adegbiji
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MainOne Data Center, MDXI, on 100% power uptime availability—Adegbiji

Contrary to news making the rounds that Nigerian Data centres suffer downtimes due to electricity crisis, the General Manager of the MainOne Data Center subsidiary, MDXI, Mr. Gbenga Adegbiji has said that the MDXI data center is achieving almost 100%…