I think KDN is in the process of putting up such a data centre, as defined by Michuki. They say that they have invited all carriers to terminate fiber to the building and will only be providing racks. As for power, other than KPLC, your other bet is a solar array, unless you have a DC at a border point and invite utilities from both countries. <div>
<br></div><div>I did an article on CIO East Africa May Issue . For those who want the full article, you can read it here <a href="http://issuu.com/cioeastafrica/docs/cio_ea_may_2011/26">http://issuu.com/cioeastafrica/docs/cio_ea_may_2011/26</a><br>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 July 2011 11:34, Michuki Mwangi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michuki.mwangi@gmail.com">michuki.mwangi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Walu,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 7/13/11 8:44 AM, Walubengo J wrote:<br>
> But on a more serious note, an operational data center requires more<br>
> than one agency to deliver. You need reliable power (KP&L), you need<br>
> reliable water supply (City Council?), you need reliable security (read<br>
> vandalism/cable cuts), you need laws (Data-Protection Act to begin with)<br>
> and yes - even if you had all the above, you will still need reliable<br>
> Political stability before anyone can trust you enough to let you host<br>
> their data locally.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>The concept of DC and and more specifically "Carrier Neutral" Data<br>
Centers is soley driven by the economics of it. Therefore having Data<br>
Centers is not subject to political stability or existence of data laws,<br>
etc. I will elaborate.<br>
<br>
IMHO an Carrier Neutral Data Center Owner is a Commercial building<br>
Landlord. The owner provides a building, Power + cooling and security.<br>
90% of all buildings in the city and its surrounding have managed to do<br>
so successfully. .<br>
<br>
The only difference betweeen a commercial building and a carrier neutral<br>
DC is that instead of office partitionings and fittings they install<br>
equipment racks and cables (overhead or under). They dont buy switches<br>
or routers or servers. Period.<br>
<br>
The KDNs, Jamii, AccessKenya, WOL, Safaricom, KPLC, et al, just build<br>
their fiber to the building and terminate in a Meet-me-Room.<br>
<br>
When a customer walks in, he chooses the floor (based on availability)<br>
picks their preferred carrier, power grid provider (cant wait for that<br>
day), lockable cabinet or shared, etc.<br>
<br>
They pay for the space on the way out and pay their carrier based on the<br>
service agreement monthly. The owner of the Datacenter has no idea what<br>
one pays for connectivity.<br>
<br>
For the above reasons, when a client like the GOK puts up a tender for<br>
cloud services. Carrier X or Data Center Y dont often bid.<br>
<br>
Bidders for such tenders are often customers of Carrier X and Data<br>
Center Y. Thus GoK will often sign agreements with the winners of the<br>
tender for cloud services i.e Company Z.<br>
<br>
However, its for Company Z to maintain a relationship with Carrier X and<br>
Data Center Y for quality of service. They will inturn (Carrier X and DC<br>
Y) have agreements with other service providers to ensure they maintain<br>
their SLA with Company Z. (the scenario may differ where Company Z is a<br>
one stop shop)<br>
<br>
Therefore the binding agreement between Client GOK and Company Z is the<br>
deal breaker. What does Company Z offer in terms of data protection,<br>
security, redundancy, etc. IMHO the law only offers a safeguard that<br>
should company Z fail on their contractual agreement there is a legal<br>
process that supports my case.<br>
<br>
Its in the business interest for company Z that they deliver on their<br>
obligations, failure to which amounts to business loss.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> am afraid in Kenya we do score slightly below average on all the above -<br>
> for now even though slowly improving. And so we should not complain too<br>
> much for having found our government data sitting somewhere in the US.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Under what laws are our government data sitting on at the moment?.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Michuki.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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