Global Gate · Kimuka, Kajiado County

Kenya's first data centre, powered by the sun.

Global Gate is the first data centre in Kenya to draw its power directly from a dedicated 40 MWp solar PV plant — a Uptime Tier III facility and its solar farm sharing one campus, one islanded microgrid, one promise: uninterrupted, clean, sovereign compute.

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5.0 MWTier III IT load
40 MWpCo-located solar plant
99.982%Design availability
450Server racks
Aerial view of the Global Gate data centre surrounded by its 40 MWp solar farm at golden hour Campus film
One campus. One microgrid.Data hall + 40 MWp PV + 80 MWh storage
01The Facility

A Tier III machine, built for 24/7.

A 1,920 m² clear-span white space, 2N power from the 11 kV board to dual-corded racks, N+1 cooling with hot-aisle containment — engineered so any component can be maintained while your workloads never notice.

CertificationUptime Institute Tier III — Concurrently Maintainable (TCDD + TCCF)
IT Capacity5.0 MW continuous · 450 racks @ 11.1 kW average · 48U
Availability99.982% — ≤ 1.6 hours downtime per year
EfficiencyPUE ≤ 1.25 annualised · design target 1.21
Power Topology2N paths A/B · double-conversion UPS · ≥ 10 min ride-through
CoolingN+1 DX CRAH · hot-aisle containment · ASHRAE TC 9.9 A1
Resilience2 × 1.5 MW diesel · 72-hour fuel autonomy · black-start capable
Data centre hall with illuminated server aisles
Data Hall A — 18 rows · 450 racks
High-density server racks
2N rack power · A/B feeds
Engineer working inside the server hall
24/7/365 operations · NOC on site
02The Campus — Three Lights

One machine, from sun to server.

Aerial view at golden hour — the data hall centred in its solar array
I. Golden hour — the hall and its 40 MWp halo.62,640 bifacial TOPCon modules · 10 inverter stations · 33/11 kV substation
Dusk — the data centre glowing behind the solar field
II. Dusk — the battery plant takes the night shift.80 MWh LFP · ≥ 12.9 h full-facility autonomy
Midday — solar rows leading to the data centre under a blue sky
III. Midday — PV serves the load directly.Surplus charges the BESS to 95% SOC by 14:00, daily
Global Gate data centre glowing at dusk beside the solar farm
18:47 — Kimuka

The sun sets. The compute doesn't.

At dusk, the 80 MWh battery plant takes the night shift — carrying the full facility for 12.9+ hours, longer than the longest equatorial night, until the array returns at dawn.

03The Energy Plant
Solar array rows leading to the Global Gate data centre building under a blue sky

The 40 MWp plant that feeds it.

Bifacial TOPCon modules on fixed-tilt tables feed the facility directly through an 11 kV collection ring. Midday surplus charges the battery; the microgrid runs islanded and zero-export — the data centre and the solar plant are one machine.

06:00

Dawn ramp

The array wakes; PV takes over from the battery and shapes the morning ramp.

09:00–16:00

Midday surplus

PV serves the 6.2 MW facility directly and recharges the BESS to 95% SOC.

17:30

Dusk handover

Seamless transition — the grid-forming battery assumes the full load.

Night

On batteries

80 MWh carries the campus through the dark; gensets stay below 4% annual hours.

40.0 MWp
DC array · 32 MW AC · DC/AC 1.25
70,000 MWh
P50 annual yield · 1,750 kWh/kWp
80 MWh
Usable LFP storage · RTE ≥ 88%
≥ 12.9 h
Full-facility night autonomy
5.6 kWh/m²
Daily irradiance at 1,700 m altitude
Zero
Grid export — islanded by design
04Why It Matters

The first of its kind in Kenya.

i.

Energy sovereignty

Islanded from grid instability by design. The microgrid forms its own 50 Hz reference — no utility outage has ever been part of our availability case.

ii.

Sun-to-server, clean

≈ 29,000 tonnes of CO₂e avoided every year. Every rack-watt is metered from the 33 kV PCC to the PDU, and reported daily.

iii.

A blueprint for Africa

LD-backed yield and availability guarantees, robotic panel cleaning, and Kenyan engineers trained to run it — a bankable model for the continent's next decade of compute.

05The Company Behind The Campus

Mopany: the discipline of secure movement.

Before the first panel was driven, Mopany built its name on moving what matters — 24/7 secure logistics across Kenya, with tamper-proof GSM-enabled boxes and a zero-tolerance integrity guarantee. Global Gate applies that same discipline to electrons and uptime.

"Goods are never touched in transit."

NairobiMombasaKisumuBusiaLodwar
i.

Safe

Tamper-proof mechanisms and advanced security protect every shipment against unauthorised access.

ii.

Fast

Prompt, efficient logistics — delivered within your required timeline, day or night.

iii.

Insured

Comprehensive coverage on every delivery, for ultimate peace of mind.

iv.

Affordable

Transparent per-kilometre pricing that makes secure delivery accessible to all.

06Contact

Put your workloads in the sun.

+254 721 888 160
CampusGlobal Gate — Kimuka, Kajiado County
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