Galaxy Backbone (GBB), a digital transformation company in Nigeria, recently achieved Uptime Tier IV certification for its second data center, making it the first data center in Nigeria to obtain the Tier IV design and facility certifications.
This accomplishment signifies that GBB Data Center’s design and facilities meet the highest international standards, ensuring high reliability and availability. It also strengthens GBB’s capability to provide cloud, disaster recovery and business continuity services to organizations in both the public and private sectors.
Furthermore, this milestone accelerates Nigeria’s digital transformation and accelerates the nation’s journey towards becoming one of the leading digital economies across the African continent.
Uptime Tier certification is one of the world’s most authoritative data center rating systems. The certification system ranges from Tier I to Tier IV, with Tier IV being the highest. It encompasses three dimensions: design, facility, and operations. Tier IV data centers offer the highest level of redundancy and fault tolerance, achieving an availability of 99.995%.
The global digital economy is booming. As Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, Nigeria has been promoting the digital economy. Recent initiatives include the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy 2020–2030 and the National Broadband Plan 2020–2025. These efforts aim to accelerate digital infrastructure construction, increase broadband penetration, narrow the digital divide, and promote sustainable economic growth.
Established by the Federal Government of Nigeria, GBB provides ICT facilities and services for government ministries, departments, and agencies, and is responsible for building and operating the National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone (NICTIB), a fiber optic network that spans the country and has connected nearly 30 states with high-speed fiber connectivity. In phases 1 and 2 of the project, data centers were built in Abuja and Kano, respectively, to meet growing network demands.
