Setback for Microsoft's Africa Cloud Ambitions

It Wasn't Just the Grid. Microsoft Asked Kenya for a Cheque the Government Couldn't Write. - Techish Kenya

Bloomberg reports Microsoft and G42 asked Kenya to guarantee annual capacity payments. The government couldn't, and the talks broke down.

Setback for Microsoft's Africa cloud ambitions

A row over guaranteed annual payments has reportedly delayed a major Microsoft data centre project in East Africa.

Kenya clarifies status of $1 billion microsoft-G42 data centre project

Kenya’s Special Technology Envoy, Amb Philip Thigo, has pushed back against inaccurate reports claiming that Kenya had suspended the $1 billion Microsoft-G42 data centre project. In a post in X,  Amb Thigo emphasized that the project remains a flagship initiative aligned with Kenya’s digital growth ambitions, and any concerns raised relate primarily to the scale of energy infrastructure required – not to a project halt. The build, announced duri…