Odeda LGA, Ogun State, Nigeria · Tier III AI-Ready

Nigeria's first data centre built for what AI actually needs.

SolarVolt, in partnership with IUS, is developing a modular Tier III data centre — starting at 5MW and scaling to 20MW as demand proves out — powered by an on-site, off-grid battery energy storage system, sized for 10–130 kW/rack.

The opportunity Get in touch

5→20MW

Modular build-out

5MWh

On-site BESS capacity

130 kW

Peak density per rack

Q4 2027

Phase 1 target go-live

Why now

Nigeria's cloud demand has a policy mandate and nowhere to land.

Nigeria's National Cloud Policy 2025 requires sensitive government and financial data to stay in-country. Supply hasn't caught up — and nothing built or under construction today is sized for AI.

$850M/yr

Spent by Nigerian enterprises on foreign cloud infrastructure that could stay onshore

41%

Of installed grid capacity actually delivered — the reason an off-grid, on-site power system isn't optional

15.8%

CAGR — Nigeria's data centre market, $278M (2024) growing to $671M by 2030

90%→98%

Colocation occupancy, 2024 to 2030 projected — demand structurally outstripping supply

No facility in Nigeria is built for AI density — yet

Facility	Capacity	Rack density	Status
MTN Nigeria (Dabengwa)	150 MW	Standard enterprise	Under construction
Nxtra (Airtel)	38 MW	Standard enterprise	By 2027
OADC (WIOCC)	24 MW	Standard enterprise	Expanding
SolarVolt	20 MW	10–130 kW/rack (AI-ready)	Proposed, Phase 1 2027

The facility

Mawuko Technology Park, Odeda LGA, Ogun State.

47 acres, built modularly from 5MW to 20MW, powered by an on-site, off-grid Battery Energy Storage System — sidestepping the national grid rather than depending on it.

SiteMawuko Technology Park, Odeda LGA, Ogun State

Land area47 acres (≈19.02 hectares)

Build approachModular — 5MW start, scaling to 20MW

Power sourceOff-grid BESS, 5MWh, on-site

Backup powerN+1 diesel/gas generators

CoolingAir + liquid, target PUE <1.4

Certification targetUptime Institute Tier III

Redundancy2N power distribution, N+1 generation

ConnectivityCarrier-neutral, dual fibre entry (MainOne)

Subsea proximity1–2 hrs from Lagos landings (Equiano, 2Africa)

Modular build phases

Prefabricated modules let capital deployment track demand rather than run ahead of it — start at 5MW, add modules as tenant commitments land.

PHASE 1 — TARGET Q4 2027

5 MW starting capacity

First modules online; Uptime Institute Tier III design throughout.

PHASE 2 — TARGET Q2 2029

10 MW total

Additional modules deployed on the same site, same power envelope.

PHASE 3 — TARGET Q4 2031

20 MW total

Full modular build-out across the 47-acre site.

Where things stand: the site is secured and an Environmental & Social Impact Assessment has been formally awarded to RealGreen-Environments Limited (15 July 2026), running a 20-week study alongside federal (FMEnv) and state (OGEPA) approval tracks. Detailed technical design targets the Tier III / 10–130 kW/rack spec above; equipment vendor selection is in due diligence, not yet contracted. Phase dates are current targets, not guarantees.

Capacity & product mix

Two ways to buy the same density.

Every rack in the building runs the same ultra-high-density design — 10 to 130 kW with liquid cooling. How you consume it is the only thing that changes.

50%

GPU-as-a-Service

AI cloud

Managed AI compute sold as a consumable service for training and inference. Customers buy compute, not racks — no capital outlay, shorter commitment.

Bare metal

AI factory

Dedicated, single-tenant, ultra-high-density capacity for customers running their own stack end to end. Long-term colocation, sovereign infrastructure.

Who this is for

Demand concentrated in the sectors the policy mandate touches.

Segment	Share of demand	Why they need this
Banking & financial services	40%	Regulatory compliance, data sovereignty, low latency
Government	25%	"Cloud First" mandate, National Cloud Policy 2025
Cloud providers	20%	Hyperscale on-ramps, wholesale colocation into West Africa
Enterprise	10%	Managed services, disaster recovery for Lagos-based firms
AI/ML companies	5%	High-density compute that exists nowhere else in Nigeria today

Where things stand

Traction, stated plainly.

What's done, what's in progress, and what's still ahead — no rounding up.

Site secured — Mawuko Technology Park, 47 acres

Environmental & social impact assessment

Awarded to RealGreen-Environments Limited, 15 July 2026 — 20-week study underway

On-site off-grid BESS power system, 5MWh

Containerised battery storage architecture defined as part of Tier III technical design; procurement in progress

Technical design

Tier III architecture and 10–130 kW/rack spec defined; equipment vendor selection in progress

Regulatory engagement

Underway with NITDA, NCC, and NDPC

Anchor tenant discussions

Two government agencies and one bank, in active discussion

LIVE INTERNAL TOOLING

Tracked live, not just claimed.

Every milestone above is tracked in a live investor and customer pipeline system — real-time deal stages, capacity coverage against each build phase, and pricing status — not a static slide re-issued each quarter. It's an internal tool; the app itself carries no live investor data (that's stored separately, per deployment), so it's safe to share as-is.

Download the app (.jsx)

Partnership

Built by SolarVolt and IUS.

A small set of named partners, not a long logo wall — this is who's actually building it.

Developer & Operator

SolarVolt

Project sponsor — funding, strategic oversight, and stakeholder management for the full 20MW build, including the on-site BESS power system.

Local Implementation

IUS Limited

Local procurement, regulatory compliance, logistics, and site construction in Nigeria.

The opportunity

$200M to build the full 20MW.

Structured 60% debt, 40% equity — sized against hard power and cooling assets, not speculative IT spend.

$200M

Total project cost, full 20MW build

$120M

Debt — NBFIA / NEXIM / Afreximbank

$80M

Equity — strategic, private, sovereign

National impact, 10-year projection

30–50

Direct technical jobs

200+

Indirect jobs, construction & supply chain

$8M+

Tax revenue

$250M+

FX savings vs. foreign cloud spend

Figures above come from SolarVolt's funding-pitch materials, not an independent audit — CAPEX, OPEX, and revenue modelling are in-scope deliverables of the third-party feasibility study now underway (final report due within the 20-week ESIA/feasibility window) and may be refined once that lands.