Gbenga Adegbiji
Gbenga Adegbiji is the Chief Executive Officer of Geniserve, a company focused on addressing Nigeria's data centre needs. In a recent interview, he highlighted the significant shortfall in Nigeria's data centre capacity, which currently stands at only about 30 megawatts, far below the estimated 600 megawatts required to meet the growing demand from technology firms like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. Adegbiji emphasized the urgent need for more strategically located data centres to support the country's burgeoning digital economy and reduce reliance on offshore hosting.
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