Raxio, an American Data company has appointed James Byaruhanga, a former operations chief at Roke Telecom, to serve as its general manager.
Raxio Data Centre Ltd owned by Roha, a US greenfield investment company, is setting up Uganda’s first state-of-the-art data centre in the Namanve Industrial and Business Park.
Robert Mullins, the company Director says Raxi is data centre is the “country’s first Tier III, truly carrier-neutral co-location facility”
“When it opens in mid-2019, this centre will ensure the equipment housed within it operates optimally, 24/7, in a safe and secure environment. At full capacity, the centre will be able to house up to 400 racks, delivering 1.5MW of IT power,” said Mullins.
Raxio also appointed Symbion, a leading local architectural firm to carry out the civil and structural design of the building. Future-Tech and Symbion are working hand-in-hand to oversee the building and commissioning of the centre.
Byaruhanga said it is a timely investment in Uganda’s Knowledge and ICT sector with wide strategic national benefits that go beyond its primary function of serving as a disaster recovery facility for improved business continuity of financial institutions, enterprises and government MDAs.
The data centre has been designed to global Tier III standards by Future-Tech, a UK specialist data-centre design company with over 30 years of experience.