Data centres increase Flexenclosure's African presence

19th May 2017

Flexenclosure

Alice Matthews

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Following a new order for two data centres from ERP Software Technologies (ERPST) in Ethiopia, Flexenclosure has successfully established a presence in its 21^st African country. Flexenclosure’s turnkey prefabricated eCentre data centres and eSite hybrid power systems for off-grid and bad-grid cell sites have made the company a preferred supplier to the African ICT market. Ethiopian ICT company ERPST is a member of a consortium implementing a major IT infrastructure deployment for Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC).

The eCentres will house servers and software to manage and run ERC’s activities as they expand their rail network across Ethiopia.

Construction of the data centre modules is underway at Flexenclosure’s factory in Vara, Sweden, allowing all critical systems to be fully tested before shipping begins. Deployment will take place at two separate sites in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa later this year.

Increases African presence
ERPST is one of the leading systems integrators in East Africa with a proven track record of turnkey project implementations across the region.

“Ethiopia is engaging in a highly ambitious railway construction programme as the government lays the foundations for future economic growth,” said Mark Nycander Ali, CEO and Owner of ERPST. “ERPST is playing a central and vital role in the project and we needed a tried and tested data centre solution we could rely on. With their track record of successful deployments across Africa, Flexenclosure’s eCentre was the obvious choice.”

“We are delighted to be working with ERPST on this project. Ethiopia is new country for us, increasing Flexenclosure’s and eCentre’s deployment footprint across the African continent,” said David King, CEO, Flexenclosure. “We now supply our products in no less than 21 African nations, proving our experience and ability to deliver mission critical infrastructure in the most challenging of environments.”