The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has announced that they will be expanding their partnership with Digital Realty to West Africa as they welcome the data centre provider to their new interconnection fabric, LINX Accra.
Digital Realty is in the final stages of their new build facility in Accra, ACR2. A state-of-the-art data centre strategically located within close proximity to several submarine landing cable stations in the downtown area of Accra.
Driven by the presence of these six subsea cable systems, Ghana is one of the most internationally connected countries in Africa, witnessing remarkable growth in its digital landscape in recent years.
LINX Accra was announced in late 2024 and is expected to go live in the coming weeks. A new internet exchange point (IXP) for Ghana providing future proof and scalable solutions to take the digital ecosystem to the next level. The new IXP will be the third location in Africa for LINX since the launch of LINX Nairobi in 2023, a significant milestone in the company’s wider strategy in Africa, working for the good of the internet.
Nurani Nimpuno, Head of Global Engagement for LINX said: “We are excited to be embarking on this new journey with Digital Realty in Ghana. We have strong relations with our partners across our LINX hubs in the UK, US and Kenya so I’m confident this extension of the relationship will be a success.”
Digital Realty has been a key access point for LINX’s interconnection solutions in London and also in North Virginia, US for several years. More recently, LINX launched their first steps into Africa with LINX Nairobi in November 2023 and LINX Mombasa in February of this year, both working closely with iColo: A Digital Realty Company.
Joseph Koranteng, Managing Director of Digital Realty in Ghana, said: “We’re pleased to be welcoming LINX to our new data centre in Ghana, a key milestone as we continue to strengthen interconnection across Africa. As demand for low-latency connectivity grows, this collaboration will play a critical role in helping to shape the region’s digital future by enabling greater access, resilience and integration with the global internet fabric.”
The announcement reinforces Digital Realty’s broader commitment to accelerating digital transformation across Africa. As the world’s largest global data centre provider Digital Realty is strengthening its open data centre platform to support Africa’s internet backbone and empower both customers’ and the region’s growth within the global digital economy.
With operations across Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa, the company is playing a pivotal role in enabling regional connectivity and global integration. Digital Realty was recently ranked the number one data centre provider in Africa and Europe on Cloudscene’s 2024-2025 Data Centre Ecosystem Leaderboard, underscoring its leadership in delivering a truly global data centre platform.
LINX Accra will launch in the coming weeks as a multi-site, interconnected and resilient fabric offering networks a selection of low latency services including peering and more.
Founded in 1994, the London Internet Exchange (LINX) is one of the world’s leading Internet exchange points (IXPs), providing peering services to over 900 autonomous systems (ASNs) globally.
