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Nairobi AI Data Centre Cluster

AI Data Centre · 48 MW IT load (planned 120 MW) · Nairobi Metropolitan Region

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Nairobi Metropolitan Region

City · 5.6M people

East Africa's digital anchor, running on a constrained distribution network.

RICI

56.3

Modeled · medium confidence

Composite index, 0–100

Constraint

Water

Distribution reliability, water supply deficit, land pressure.

Capacity · w0.1254

Access · w0.1282

Affordability · w0.144

Reliability · w0.1147

Resilience · w0.1245

Ecological integrity · w0.1243

Human benefit · w0.1162

Innovation capacity · w0.0771

Capital readiness · w0.0761

Future readiness · w0.0663

Estimated · confidence Medium · provenance

Atlas composite (Nairobi City County, Kenya Power, UN-Habitat) · 2025. Atlas does not present modelled output as observed fact. Where confidence is low, treat the value as a hypothesis to be tested, not a measurement.

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Verified statistics

Water demand vs supply

810,000 vs ~525,000 m³/d

Estimated

≈35% structural deficit

Atlas from NCWSC / Athi Water figures · 2023

Metro population

~5.6 million

Estimated

county census 4.4M (2019) + metro districts

Atlas from KNBS Census · 2024

Non-revenue water

~45%

Reported

WASREB Impact Report · 2023

Data-centre capacity

~30–40 MW IT

Estimated

operational colocation

Atlas from operator disclosures · 2025

Reported = published by the named source. Estimated = Atlas estimate from partial public data. Modeled = model output, not a measurement.

System status

Energygrowth +6.8%/yr

Capacity52

Demand84

Risk64

Computegrowth +29%/yr

Capacity47

Demand88

Risk52

Watergrowth +4.2%/yr

Capacity36

Demand91

Risk79

Data provenance · map metrics5 metrics traced

Observed = direct measurement. Reported = published by the named source. Estimated = Atlas estimate from partial public data. Modeled = model output, not a measurement.

RICI — Regenerative Infrastructure Capacity Index · Modeled · medium confidence

Composite 0–100 index of a place's infrastructure capacity, access and regenerative quality.

Method. Weighted mean of ten indicators: Σ(indicator × weight), weights published in full on the Observe route.

Inputs. capacity · access · affordability · reliability · resilience · ecological integrity · human benefit · innovation capacity · capital readiness · future readiness

Caveat. Indicator scores are Atlas normalisations of heterogeneous national datasets; cross-country comparison is directional.

Population · Reported · high confidence

Resident population of the selected geography.

Method. National census or UN mid-year estimate; metro boundaries reconciled to UN World Urbanization Prospects.

Inputs. national census · UN WUP metro definition

Caveat. Metro figures for rapidly urbanising cities are disputed by up to 20%.

System capacity · Estimated · medium confidence

Normalised 0–100 measure of installed serviceable capacity in a system for the selected place.

Method. Atlas normalisation of installed capacity per capita against the global distribution for that system.

Inputs. installed capacity · population · global reference distribution

Caveat. Available capacity often differs materially from installed capacity, especially in constrained grids.

System demand · Estimated · medium confidence

Normalised 0–100 measure of current demand pressure on a system.

Method. Atlas normalisation of measured consumption plus suppressed demand proxies (unserved population, queue depth).

Inputs. consumption · unserved population · interconnection queue

System risk · Modeled · low confidence

Composite exposure of a system to physical, resource and operational failure.

Method. Weighted blend of climate hazard exposure, water stress, single-point dependency count and reserve margin.

Inputs. hazard exposure · water stress · dependency count · reserve margin

Caveat. No local grid topology or asset condition data is represented.

World Resources Institute — Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas 4.0 (2023) · https://www.wri.org/aqueduct
International Energy Agency — Electricity 2025 / Energy & AI (2025) · https://www.iea.org
Atlas Sanctum — Atlas scenario model v0.4 (deterministic) (2025)

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