Nigeria Commissions LOS1 and Backs It With Sovereign Wealth as West Africa's AI Cloud Race Begins
Nigeria's Kasi LOS1 data center has been commissioned alongside a Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) funding commitment, combining state capital, hyperscale compute, and subsea cable infrastructure for the first time. The National Cloud Policy 2025 and Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 provide the regulatory frame. Nigerian and West African AI companies could access local hyperscale compute within 6 to 18 months, reducing dependence on European and US cloud providers.
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