Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched its sovereign cloud platform in Kenya, with the infrastructure now live at iXAfrica Data Centres’ NBOX1 campus on Mombasa Road in Nairobi.
The platform is being delivered through a partnership between TCS, regional systems integrator Sybyl and iXAfrica Data Centres, ten months after the three companies announced their collaboration in November 2025.
The launch was announced on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at an event in New York. Ambassador Philip Thigo, Special Envoy on Technology to the President of Kenya, made the announcement alongside iXAfrica CEO Snehar Shah, Nairobi Securities Exchange CEO Frank Mwiti, Kenya Investment Authority CEO John Mwendwa and TCS representatives.
The sovereign cloud is designed to provide government and enterprise users with in-country cloud infrastructure supporting data residency, security, regulatory compliance and digital transformation.
TCS provides the sovereign cloud architecture, deployment frameworks and security expertise through its TCS Sovereign Secure Cloud offering. Sybyl is responsible for local implementation, customer support and regional technical expertise across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, while iXAfrica provides the underlying data centre infrastructure.
The platform is targeting government agencies, public sector institutions, regulated industries including banking and telecommunications, large enterprises with data sovereignty requirements, as well as regional financial institutions and utilities.
The infrastructure operates from iXAfrica’s NBOX1 campus, which has a planned design capacity of 22.5MW across two phases. NBOX1.1 provides 4.5MW of IT capacity across 780 racks, while NBOX1.2 is designed to add 18MW across 3,744 racks.
The campus supports high-density workloads of up to 40kW per rack, operates at a PUE of 1.25 and uses free-air cooling. iXAfrica says the Kenyan grid supplying the facility generates more than 90% of its electricity from renewable sources.
The launch adds another major cloud platform to iXAfrica’s Nairobi facility, which also hosts Oracle’s Kenya public cloud region. However, the companies have not disclosed the sovereign cloud platform’s allocated capacity, pricing or commercial terms.
The launch comes as Kenya and other African markets continue developing local digital infrastructure to support cloud computing, data sovereignty, artificial intelligence and digital public services.
