Enterprise bare metal. In East Africa. Not offshore.
Dedicated enterprise servers, managed colocation, and custom infrastructure builds — all running in East Africa, on our own network, managed by our team. No offshore data. No import queues. No middlemen.
- Bandwidth from our own backbone — no separate ISP, no markup.
- Your data stays on the continent. In-region. Locally compliant.
- Month-to-month. Zero setup fees. Full root access + IPMI/KVM.
- 24/7 managed services available — monitoring, patching, backups, SLA.
Importing your own servers into East Africa
3 – 6 months
Customs clearance. Import duties. Freight delays. Then setup.
Metal on Cloud
Seconds
Enterprise servers already racked in Nairobi. Provisioned the moment payment clears.
What we deliver
End-to-end infrastructure services, in Nairobi
Whether you need a single dedicated server, a fully managed private cloud, or a colocation partner for your existing hardware — we build and operate it.
Bare Metal as a Service
Pick a server. It's yours.
Enterprise dedicated servers — single-tenant, yours alone. MaaS-powered: provisioned in seconds after payment. Full root access, IPMI/KVM, no hypervisor, no shared resources. View current stock and configurations in Nairobi.
Managed Colocation
Your Hardware. Our Facility.
Rack your own servers in our Tier-III Nairobi data center. Bandwidth from the Gewape backbone bundled. IX peering included. Remote hands 24/7.
Custom Infrastructure Builds
Built to Your Spec.
Private cloud environments, VMware and Hyper-V deployments, SAP workload infrastructure, custom networking — designed, deployed, and managed by our team.
Managed Services
We Run It For You.
24/7 monitoring, OS patching, security hardening, backup management, disaster recovery testing, and SLA-backed incident response. You focus on your business.
Have specific infrastructure requirements?
We scope, design, and price custom solutions. SAP environments, private cloud, enterprise networking — tell us what you're running.
Why local infrastructure matters
Running your infrastructure outside East Africa is a risk the region can't afford.
Latency, compliance, customs delays, and offshore support — these are real costs that organisations across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda pay every day when their infrastructure sits on another continent. We are the only enterprise bare metal and colocation provider with infrastructure inside East Africa.
Your data stays in East Africa. On the continent.
Data protection laws across East Africa — Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia — require organisations to keep data in-region or in-jurisdiction. A server in Virginia or Singapore puts you outside every one of them. A server in Nairobi does not.
Skip the import queue. Enterprise hardware, already racked.
Importing Dell enterprise servers into any East African country means customs clearance, import duties, and months of delay. We have them racked in Nairobi and ready to provision. You lease, we manage.
No ISP middleman. The network is ours.
We operate the Gewape backbone (AS203905) with direct internet exchange peering in Nairobi. Bandwidth is bundled — you pay us, not an ISP. No markups. No third-party SLAs to chase.
Talk to a team in your time zone.
When your infrastructure goes down at 11pm EAT, you want a team that knows what EAT is. Our NOC is in Nairobi. Our support speaks to East African enterprises every day. P1 response under 15 minutes — contractually.
Capability
Metal on Cloud
Global Providers
Data center in East Africa
Data stays on the continent
Local data protection compliance
Low latency across East Africa
Bandwidth bundled — own network
Full managed services
SAP & ERP-ready hardware
Local support team (EAT timezone)
Why Metal on Cloud
What separates an infrastructure partner from a hosting provider.
Own ASN. Own network. Own team. SLA-backed. No middlemen. Data stays in-region.
Enterprise organisations need more than a server. They need a partner with owned infrastructure, a managed operations team, and accountability built into a contract. Here is what that looks like with Metal on Cloud.
Tier-III facility in Nairobi. We own the network.
We operate within a Tier-III certified data center in Nairobi. We own and operate the Gewape backbone network (AS203905) — so bandwidth is ours, not outsourced. You deal directly with us, not through a chain of subcontractors.
Tier-III certified · Nairobi · Biometric access · Fire suppression · Dual power feeds + UPS + generator
We own the network your infrastructure runs on.
We operate the Gewape backbone network (AS203905), with direct internet exchange peering and multi-homed upstream transit. Bandwidth is not outsourced — it is ours. This means your traffic never has a third-party network between the server and the internet.
ASN AS203905 · IX Peering · Multi-homed transit · DDoS mitigation always-on
Managed end-to-end, with SLA-backed response times.
We don't just hand you a server and walk away. Our team handles OS patching, security hardening, 24/7 monitoring, backup management, and disaster recovery testing. Every incident has a defined acknowledgment and resolution SLA.
1hr acknowledgment SLA · 24/7 NOC · Daily backups · DR testing · Incident reporting
Your data stays in-region. In our hands. No offshore transfers.
Physical infrastructure in Nairobi means your data stays on the continent — no cross-border transfers, no offshore control planes, no jurisdictional ambiguity. Compliant with local data protection law across East Africa.
Data stays in East Africa · No cross-border transfers · In-jurisdiction compliance · Kenya Data Protection Act
Managed Services SLA
Every managed services engagement comes with defined, contractual response times.
What managed services includes
Our operations team runs your infrastructure so yours doesn't have to.
- 24/7 proactive monitoring and alerting
- OS patching and security hardening
- Daily backups with 90-day retention
- Disaster recovery testing (bi-annual)
- Incident response and root cause analysis
- Monthly health and SLA reporting
Who runs on Metal on Cloud
Built for the workloads East African enterprises actually run.
High-performance compute, regulated data, sovereign infrastructure, owned network capacity. Whether you're a startup, a bank, a government agency, or a telco — if your workload demands dedicated resources and your data must stay in-region, this is built for you.
High-Performance Workloads
Hardware that doesn't share, throttle, or add overhead.
Enterprise applications — ERP, databases, analytics, HPC — need guaranteed resources. Bare metal gives you the full CPU, full RAM, full NVMe. No noisy neighbours. No hypervisor tax. Any software stack, on dedicated hardware, managed by our team in Nairobi.
Financial Services & Fintech
Regulated data. Regional infrastructure. No exceptions.
Banks, payment processors, and fintech companies operating across East Africa must keep customer data in-region. Our Nairobi facility keeps your workloads on the continent — not in a US or EU data center — satisfying local data protection obligations across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and beyond.
Government & Public Sector
Sovereign infrastructure for sovereign data.
Government agencies and public institutions across East Africa require data to remain within the region. Metal on Cloud operates inside East Africa — no offshore control planes, no foreign jurisdiction — serving public sector organisations across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.
Telco & Media
The bandwidth is ours. The latency is yours.
We own and operate the Gewape backbone network (AS203905) with direct internet exchange peering in Nairobi. Telcos and media companies get the throughput they need without paying a third-party carrier margin.
Private Cloud & Virtualisation
VMware, Hyper-V, or whatever your stack requires.
We design and deploy custom private cloud environments on our bare metal fleet. VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Proxmox — scoped to your architecture, built in Nairobi, managed by our team end-to-end.
Managed Colocation
Your hardware. Our facility, network, and team.
Bring your own servers and rack them in our Tier-III Nairobi data center. Bandwidth from the Gewape backbone is bundled into every package. Remote hands 24/7. From $99/U/mo with zero setup fees.
What comes with the hardware
We built the network, handle the hardware logistics, and keep your data in jurisdiction. Most providers in East Africa make you figure those three things out separately.
Own-Operated Network
Gewape Backbone — IX Peering Included
Connectivity that doesn't depend on a third party. We operate the network your servers sit on — with direct internet exchange peering, so your traffic peers directly at the exchange.
- IX Peering: Direct internet exchange peering — live
- Upstream: Multi-homed transit providers
- Transparent pricing — no hidden interconnect fees
- ASN AS203905 — own routing, not a reseller
Hardware Concierge
Skip the import queue
Importing enterprise servers to Kenya means customs delays, import taxes, and months of waiting. We source and rack enterprise hardware directly, so you skip the queue entirely.
- Remote Sourcing: Enterprise bare metal servers, racked in Nairobi
- Racked on Day 1 in your dedicated suite
- Spare Parts Depot on-site
Sovereign Compliance
Your data, your jurisdiction
Physical infrastructure in Nairobi means your data stays under Kenyan jurisdiction and the Kenya Data Protection Act. No offshore control planes. No cross-border transfers.
- Jurisdiction: Local data protection law
- Data Protection Compliant — Kenya Data Protection Act
- In-jurisdiction — data never leaves Kenya
Ready to deploy in Kenya
Tell us what you're running.
We'll build the infrastructure.
Whether it's a single dedicated server, a custom VMware environment for your ERP, or a fully managed colocation deployment — our team will scope it and build it in Nairobi.
At a glance