MainOne
[ACTIVE]HQ: Lagos, Nigeria · Est. 2010 · 1 model registered · 1 deployments
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies MainOne: 1 model, $320.0M raised. 5 sources back the record.
Ownership
ACTIVE
Capital / Funding
$320M
Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
IP / Patents
Undisclosed
Platform Models
1
Audited Incidents
0
Overview
MainOne is a Lagos-based West African connectivity and datacenter operator founded in 2008 by Nigerian engineer Funke Opeke. It launched what was then the region's first privately owned open-access submarine cable, a roughly 7,000 km fiber system stretching from Portugal to Nigeria (with branches to Ghana, Senegal, and Cote d'Ivoire) that went live in July 2010 and broke SAT-3's pricing monopoly on international bandwidth into West Africa. Its datacenter arm, MDXi, opened what MainOne called Nigeria's largest Tier III facility in Lekki (Lagos) in 2015 and expanded with additional sites in Sagamu (Ogun State), Appolonia (Ghana), and Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire). MDXi's Lagos campus has hosted content-delivery nodes for Google, Facebook, and Akamai, and served as the anchor point for major cloud on-ramps into the region. In December 2022 Equinix completed a roughly $320 million acquisition of MainOne, folding the company into its Africa business and rebranding the datacenters under the Equinix "LG", "AC", and "AB" IBX naming. The deal was Equinix's first entry into West Africa and gave it a subsea cable asset plus four operating datacenters across three countries. Funke Opeke remained a senior figure through the transition; day-to-day West Africa operations are now run inside Equinix's EMEA segment.
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Key Facts
Safety & Regulatory Posture
No incidents on record for MainOne.
Leadership & Founders
Current Program Leadership & Executives
Founder & CEO
Partnerships & Commercial Deployments
Deployments
FAQ
What is MainOne?
MainOne is a Lagos-based West African connectivity and datacenter operator founded in 2008 by Nigerian engineer Funke Opeke. It launched what was then the region's first privately owned open-access submarine cable, a roughly 7,000 km fiber system stretching from Portugal to Nigeria (with branches to Ghana, Senegal, and Cote d'Ivoire) that went live in July 2010 and broke SAT-3's pricing monopoly on international bandwidth into West Africa.
What does MainOne make?
MainOne has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: MainOne Lagos Tier III (MainOne builds physical robots).
Is MainOne publicly traded?
MainOne is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of Datacenter on the DEPLOY registry.
Who is the CEO of MainOne?
Funke Opeke is the founder of MainOne, per the DEPLOY registry.
How can I invest in MainOne?
MainOne has no separately traded stock; it is owned by Datacenter (the parent is the entity that trades, where it is public).
Where is MainOne headquartered?
MainOne is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.
How much funding has MainOne raised?
MainOne has raised approximately $320M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
Who owns MainOne?
MainOne is owned by Datacenter, per the DEPLOY registry.
Where does MainOne operate robots?
MainOne is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
Is MainOne a top robotics company?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, MainOne ranks in roughly the top 26% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was MainOne founded?
MainOne was founded in 2010.
Is MainOne safe?
MainOne has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.