Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a market leader in innovative solar energy solutions has partnered with Mettle Solar experts in design, installation and maintenance of commercial and industrial solar systems have today finalised a $1.2Million joint investment into the East Africa Data Centre (EADC) Asset Company based in Nairobi.
The partnership will see the asset company set up to own and operate a 1MW solar plant powering Liquid Telecom’s East Africa Data Centre (EADC) in Nairobi. The move comes just in time as many businesses in Kenya shift to resume operations in response to the economy opening up.
“We are excited to have a DFI-backed company like Mettle, as a co-investor alongside DPA. With sub-Sahara Africa experiencing major power cuts, businesses in Africa are increasingly interested in affordable and reliable energy. We also believe energy to be a fundamental pillar in supporting Africa’s economic development, and this unique partnership is an important building block towards realising our vision of a digitally connected future that leaves no African behind.” said Norman Moyo, DPA Africa CEO
Mettle Solar is a Gridworks investee company, financed by CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution. CDC Group also provided debt funding to the project through a facility made available to via CDC Group’s Resource Efficiency Facility.
DPA AND Mettle Solar’s partnership seeks to provide solutions to industries in Africa looking to meet their technical and financial challenges while investing in renewable energy.
Francois Van Themaat, Mettle Solar CEO said “We are very happy and excited to be working with DPA to help reduce the energy costs and carbon footprint of the largest data centre in East Africa. We look forward to building on this partnership and to keep on playing our part to assist businesses across the region with their energy needs.”
The solar plant will enable EADC to significantly lower their overall energy costs whilst at the same time reducing their carbon footprint.
