The proposal would remove commercial co-location data centres from the Network Facilities Provider (NFP) Tier 2 category and place them under a dedicated regulatory regime.
By
Kabui Mwangi
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) plans to introduce a standalone licence for data centres as investment in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure expands.
Kenya's telecoms regulator has proposed plans to licence data centre operators in the country, separating them from NFP operators.
Operators would have to prove security and disaster recovery measures are in place
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