Telecom Egypt’s premier international data center facility, located in the Smart Village of West Cairo, marks a monumental step forward for the country’s information and communications technology infrastructure. Dubbed the Regional Data Hub (RDH), this state-of-the-art facility is constructed as Egypt’s largest international data center campus, capable of housing up to 2,000 racks across a highly resilient, four-building modular design. Crucially, the campus is the first of its kind in Egypt to earn Tier III certifications for Design, Constructed Facility, and Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute. Telecom Egypt has also advanced its data infrastructure footprint in the West Cairo region with the development of its neighboring RDH2 facility in 6th of October City, a 4.6-megawatt expansion registered for LEED green-building certification to ensure environmentally conscious and sustainable energy scaling.
What elevates this West Cairo infrastructure to a critical regional asset is its unparalleled global connectivity. Strategically positioned as a carrier-neutral hub, the facility links directly to all ten of Egypt’s Mediterranean and Red Sea submarine optical fiber cable landing stations, granting local, regional, and international clients low-latency access to more than 60 countries worldwide. Driven by Telecom Egypt’s massive regional subsea network, the data centers are purpose-built to accommodate high-density enterprise, cloud, and artificial intelligence workloads.
This data center alongside the one that will be developed by Hassan Allam at a price of $400 million will offer elite computing services for Egypt.
Telecom Egypt’s West Cairo hub effectively secures the nation’s digital sovereignty while aggressively positioning Egypt as the leading digital gateway connecting Africa, Asia, and Europe.
August 14, 2021
Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the North African region has announced that it is currently building Egypt’s largest international data center facility.
Expected to be commissioned in early 2021 with access to all the global submarine cable systems that land in the North African country, the new data center is going to be the first in the country with the Uptime Institute‘s certifications in the Design, Constructed Facility, and Operational Sustainability categories.
An overview of the new data center facility
The new data center will be connected to all of the 10 Mediterranean and Red sea subsea landing stations, giving it access to more than 60 countries around the globe. The recently acquired Tier III Certification of Design from the Uptime Institute guarantees that Telecom Egypt’s customers will receive the highest levels of availability and technical resiliency.
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Additionally, the state-of-the-art data center is characterized by an enhanced colocation service and higher levels of redundancy with the ability to expand so as to accommodate growing colocation needs. This will further contribute to the development of sustainability features that mitigate the rising costs of energy and are closely aligned with international standards.
The facility’s capabilities target organizations that value premium data center services and consider risk management and lower latency as benchmarks when it comes to selecting data centers. This facility has the capacity to house up to 2,000 racks over a 4 Colo Modular Facilities Campus.
This project corresponds with the country’s efforts to expedite the development of ICT infrastructure and digital services as well as contribute to the regional digital transformation.
Egypt’s Largest International Data Center Project Factsheet
Operator: Telecom Egypt (Partnered with Helios Investment Partners)
Location: Smart Village & 6th of October City, West Cairo, Egypt
Status: Multi-phase rollout
- RDH 1: Fully operational (Reached full utilization within 12 months of launch)
- RDH 2: Nearing completion / expansion phase
Campus Scale: 4 Connected Modular Data Center Buildings (at full build-out)
Total Campus Capacity: Up to 4,000 racks
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