The Republic of Cameroon has unveiled a newly constructed Tier-III data centre facility ‘The Zamengoe Data Center’, which is the biggest of its kind in the Central Africa sub-region.
The facility spanning over 3,019 sq mtr of area is valued at EUR 15 million. It compromises five building apartments, 400 sq mtr server room as well as supervision room with eight working stations.
Other features include an access management system, surveillance cameras, fire detection, and fire-fighting system, automated energy management system of 440 kW and four standby electric generators of 1,000 kVA with a 40,000 ltr capacity of gas oil. It has a capacity of 2,000 terabytes.
The Zamengoe Data Center project was financed by the Exim Bank of China and developed by Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel), a state-owned national telecommunications service provider, offering voice, data, VSAT and Internet services.
The facility was constructed by the China Shenyang International Cooperation Company, a China-based engineering firm engaged in civil, road, and bridge construction, and equipped by Huawei Technologies Cameroon.