{"version":"1","article":{"id":"nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","slug":"nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026?lang=en","title":"Nigeria’s two planned AI data centres receive feasibility support","summary":"USTDA is funding technical and financial assessment of proposed sites in Lagos and Delta states.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["ai"],"published_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-23","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"U.S. Trade and Development Agency","url":"https://ustda.gov/ustda-backs-ai-ready-data-center-development-in-nigeria/","publishedAt":"2026-09-23","checkedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nigeria-ustda-ai-data-centre-feasibility-study-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["USTDA announced on September 23 that it had signed an agreement with INFRAGORA to fund a feasibility study for two proposed data centres in Nigeria’s Lagos and Delta states. The study will assess technical and financial viability and capacity to support AI workloads.","The project is described as the initial phase of INFRAGORA’s AFRIDATA platform. The announcement identifies opportunities for cloud, storage, networking, computing and cybersecurity suppliers; it gives no completed facilities, definitive investment cost or commissioning date."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"USTDA is funding technical and financial assessment of proposed sites in Lagos and Delta states.\n\nUSTDA announced on September 23 that it had signed an agreement with INFRAGORA to fund a feasibility study for two proposed data centres in Nigeria’s Lagos and Delta states. The study will assess technical and financial viability and capacity to support AI workloads.\n\nThe project is described as the initial phase of INFRAGORA’s AFRIDATA platform. The announcement identifies opportunities for cloud, storage, networking, computing and cybersecurity suppliers; it gives no completed facilities, definitive investment cost or commissioning date.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}