Nairobi, Jan. 28 -- The government is seeking investors to expand the infrastructure for data storage and processing capacity of the Konza Data Centre through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) deal.

The PPP unit of the National Treasury approved the project proposal dubbed Konza Data Centre Cloud and Smart City Facilities Expansion last month paving the way for progression to the feasibility stage.

Konza Data Centre is key to meeting growing need for cloud computing services across both public and private institutions, placing it at the centre of Kenya's fast-growing digital economy.

Konza Technopolis, the procuring entity, has not disclosed the estimated cost of the project. The Exchequer has been footing the cost of the project and ...