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What Digital Realty's IXPN Move Means for Lagos Data Centres

Datacentremagazine · · 605 words · By Saffron Humphreys
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What to know about What Digital Realty's IXPN Move Means for Lagos Data Centres

Digital Realty is expanding its internet exchange point (IXPN) presence in Lagos, Nigeria, by activating a new point of presence at its Ibeju-Lekki data centre. This expansion enhances local interconnection capabilities, reduces latency, and supports Nigeria's growing digital economy by linking international subsea cable infrastructure with local exchange points.

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What happened

What Digital Realty's IXPN Move Means for Lagos Data Centres Digital Realty is activating a new internet exchange point of presence for the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) at its Ibeju-Lekki data centre in Lagos, extending peering capacity and…

Why it matters

The move builds on IXPN’s existing presence at the company’s Victoria Island campus and places the exchange across 12 data centres nationwide, with full coverage of major facilities in Lagos.

Common ground

It positions Digital Realty’s sites as central locations for interconnection, where networks exchange traffic directly to improve performance.

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Digital Realty is expanding its internet exchange point (IXPN) presence in Lagos, Nigeria, by activating a new point of presence at its Ibeju-Lekki data centre. This expansion enhances local interconnection capabilities, reduces latency, and supports Nigeria's growing digital economy by linking international subsea cable infrastructure with local exchange points.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “IXPN’s exchange points are now present across 12 data centres nationwide, with full coverage of major facilities in Lagos”
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Wikipedia entries mention IXPN's existence and founding but do not specify the number of data centres (12) or Lagos coverage. No direct confirmation of the claim found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anambra State ICT Agency, established in 2019, is a parastatal under the Anambra State Government to drive ICT innovations for a digital state. The parastatal was established under the administration …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anambra_State_ICT_Agency
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Internet Exchange Point Of Nigeria (IXPN) is a neutral and not-for-profit Internet exchange point (IXP) founded in 2006 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in partnership with the Inte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Exchange_Point_Of_Nig…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Internet exchange networks by size, measured by peak data rate (throughput), with additional data on location, establishment and average throughput. Generally only exchanges with mor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_exchange_poin…
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Claim 2: “IXPN’s membership includes more than 130 organisations spanning internet service providers, global content platforms and cloud operators”
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Claim 3: “The move builds on IXPN’s existing presence at the company’s Victoria Island campus”
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Claim 4: “The Lekki data centre serves as a landing point for the 2Africa subsea cable system”
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Claim 5: “Expanding IXPN’s presence within Digital Realty’s Lagos campuses provides additional capacity and interconnection options”
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Claim 6: “Both Victoria Island and Ibeju-Lekki facilities operate as carrier-neutral data centres”
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Claim 7: “Activating a point of presence (PoP) in Lekki increases the number of interconnection options within Digital Realty’s data centre environment”
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Claim 8: “Digital Realty is activating a new internet exchange point of presence for the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) at its Ibeju-Lekki data centre in Lagos”
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Claim 9: “Peak domestic internet traffic at IXPN exceeded one terabit per second in April 2025 and rose to more than two terabits per second by March 2026”
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Claim 10: “The activation in Lekki establishes a dual-campus model for Digital Realty in Lagos, linking its Victoria Island and Ibeju-Lekki sites”
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Claim 11: “Linking the 2Africa cable with IXPN at Lekki reduces the need for data to travel outside the region before returning to local users”
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