Web infrastructure in Nigeria
Nigeria is West Africa's largest hosting market with 31 providers, 17 data centers, and 6 internet exchange points. The country anchors regional connectivity for banking, fintech, and content platforms. Lagos alone concentrates over half of all facilities.
The Nigeria hosting landscape
Top operators include Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria Ltd. and Digital Realty Lagos, each with 3 facilities. Other notable names are Open Access Data Centres, Swift Networks Limited, Phase3 Telecom Limited, and Cloud Exchange West Africa limited. Major IXPs are IXPN Lagos with 118 connected networks and AMS-IX Lagos with 50 networks.
Lagos has 9 facilities, Abuja 3, and Port Harcourt, Ikeja, Lagos Island, and Ibeju-Lekki each have 1. Enterprises buy colocation and cloud services from Digital Realty and Phase3. IXPN provides peering across Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt.
Key facts
- Nigeria has 31 hosting providers, 17 data centers, and 6 IXPs.
- IXPN Lagos connects 118 networks in Lagos.
- Digital Realty Lagos and Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria Ltd. each operate 3 facilities.
- Lagos hosts 9 data center facilities, the most of any Nigerian city.
- AMS-IX Lagos and AF-CIX are other key exchanges in Lagos.
- Phase3 Telecom Limited and Swift Networks Limited each run 1 facility.
Top hosting cities in Nigeria
Hosting providers in Nigeria
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Data centers in Nigeria
All 17 facilities →Digital Realty Lagos (LOS1-2)
Digital Realty Lagos
Equinix LG1/LG2 – Lagos, Lekki
Equinix, Inc.
Rack Centre Lagos
Rack Centre Limited
Africa Data Centres, Lagos LOS1, Nigeria
Africa Data Centres
Broadbased Communications
Broadbased Communications Limited
Choice2mobile Technology Ltd
De Choicetech Integrated Ltd
Cloud Exchange West Africa
Cloud Exchange West Africa limited
Digital Realty Lekki (LKK1-2)
Digital Realty Lagos
Galaxy Backbone NSSC-Abuja
Galaxy Backbone LTD
Interconnect Nigeria
Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria Ltd.
interconnectnigeria Data Centre
Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria Ltd.
Medallion Abuja
Digital Realty Lagos