Kenya · East Africa · Deep tech

Bringing Africa into the AI Age.

We build and run deep tech parks — modular data centres, sovereign cloud, and local AI infrastructure — sited where clean energy is abundant and the need is greatest.

Partners and collaborators ↓
The platform

Four critical
layers.

Every Navon site integrates four layers that have to work together for sovereignty to be real. Own the energy source, own the compute, own the data, own the connectivity — or own none of it.

01 / ENERGY

Clean, local baseload

Sited directly on East Africa's geothermal and solar corridors. 95% renewable baseload — not a carbon offset commitment, a physical fact.

  • Geothermal, solar & hydro mix
  • 220 kV grid-direct feed
  • Renewables-first site selection
Hells Gate site
02 / COMPUTE

Modular infrastructure

Factory-built 400 kW Tier III pods, 20 kW+ per rack. We separate the modular build from the civil works — capacity lands in months, not years.

  • Delta Electronics modular pods
  • N+N power · N+1 cooling
  • GPU-ready from day one
Products
03 / DATA

Sovereign cloud

Your data lives on hardware we operate, inside your jurisdiction. Residency is physical — not a contractual promise. Encryption keys held in-country.

  • In-jurisdiction by design
  • Sovereign HSM key management
  • Kenya DPA 2019 · GDPR-aligned
Sovereign cloud
04 / NETWORK

Carrier-neutral connectivity

Multi-carrier fibre into the meet-me room — Safaricom, Liquid, SEACOM. Cross-connect to your existing footprint without vendor lock-in.

  • Dual-entry fibre
  • Meet-me room on-site
  • Carrier-neutral · no lock-in
Who we serve
Site one · live Q3 2026

Hells Gate
Deep Tech Park.

Our flagship campus, sited directly on Kenya's Olkaria geothermal corridor. Tier III engineering, carrier-neutral interconnection, and 95% clean baseload from the earth beneath the site.

400 KW POD · PLAN VIEW IT ROOM 1 10 × 42U · 200 KW IT ROOM 2 10 × 42U · 200 KW POWER & COOLING UPS A · 500 KVA DELTA DPH GEN2 UPS B · 500 KVA N+N MDB A · 1600 A MDB B · 1600 A 18× BLUEBOX DX · HOT-AISLE N+1 · PUE 1.29 MEET-ME ROOM LIQUID · SAFARICOM · SEACOM GRID · OLKARIA-SUSWA 220 KV A+B A+B 3 × STEEL ENCLOSURES · 400 KW
Location
Naivasha SEZ
1,624 m altitude · 1,000-acre footprint
Module
400 kW · 20 racks
Factory-built · ~6 month cycle
Rack density
20 kW+ / rack
Dual 32 A A+B PDUs · GPU-ready
Redundancy
Tier III
N+N power · N+1 cooling · dual fibre
Energy
95% clean
Geothermal · Olkaria-Suswa 220 kV
Efficiency
PUE 1.29
Validated at 400 kW constant load
Connectivity
Carrier-neutral
Safaricom · dual fibre · meet-me room
Compliance
Kenya DPA 2019
GDPR-aligned · SEZ gazetted
Delivery partner ecosystem

Six partners.
Six signed LOIs.

Engineers, architects, electricians, hardware systems and power infrastructure experts — every layer of the Hells Gate build is already contracted. Not a wishlist; a coalition.

SIGNED LOIs Specifications confirmed with all six delivery partners. Contracts structured and in place.
01 / Infrastructure & Power LOI Signed

Delta Electronics

Powered shells & modular infrastructure environment

Modular DC enclosures, precision cooling, and power distribution engineered for African climate conditions.

02 / Hardware Systems LOI Signed

AMAX

Hardware systems design & procurement

AI- and HPC-ready server configuration, rack integration, and supply chain procurement.

03 / Site Design & Architecture LOI Signed

Studio Aka

Architectural & campus design lead

Facility masterplanning, architectural design, and site layout optimised for modular scalability.

04 / Engineering LOI Signed

RMX

Civil & structural engineering support

Civil and structural engineering oversight for phased facility build-out and commissioning.

05 / Site Security LOI Signed

Securex

Physical security systems

Integrated physical security, CCTV, access control, and perimeter monitoring for Tier III operations.

06 / Power Supply LOI Signed

Infinity Power

A Masdar Infinity company

Renewable energy supply and grid connection, aligned with geothermal power sourcing at Hells Gate.

The continental plan

Kenya first.
Continent next.

A staged, capital-efficient expansion. Every site is selected where three things converge: clean baseload energy, high-quality fibre, and regulatory clarity.

Kenya HELLS GATE · LIVE Q3 2026 Uganda PHASE 2 · EDGE Tanzania PHASE 3 · HPC · HYDRO South Africa PHASE 4 · SCALE HUB OPERATIONAL PLANNED
2026
PHASE 1 · KENYA
Flagship · live

Hells Gate goes live.

First 400 kW module operational in the Naivasha SEZ. Tier III, 95% geothermal, carrier-neutral. Proof that modular sovereign compute can land in Africa in months, not years.

  • 400 KW TIER III
  • 20 KW+ / RACK
  • PUE 1.29
  • SEZ GAZETTED
2028
PHASE 2 · REGIONAL
Scale-up · edge

Kenya scale, Uganda edge.

Additional modules at Hells Gate take the flagship to multi-MW. First edge deployment in Uganda brings low-latency compute into rural and agricultural economies.

  • MULTI-MW KENYA
  • UGANDA EDGE
  • RURAL LATENCY
2030
PHASE 3 · CONTINENTAL
Ten sites · two regions

East & Southern Africa.

Ten strategic sites across East and Southern Africa — same modular architecture, same sovereign cloud stack. Tanzania brings hydro + HPC; South Africa becomes the scale hub.

  • 10 SITES
  • TANZANIA HPC
  • SOUTH AFRICA HUB
2035
PHASE 4 · 100 MW
Pan-African backbone

A sovereign continental backbone.

A continent-wide sovereign compute backbone for AI, government and research — powered by clean, local baseload. 100 MW of Africa-owned, Africa-sited deep tech capacity.

  • 100 MW
  • PAN-AFRICAN
  • SOVEREIGN AI
Work with Navon

Sovereign compute
shouldn't be
something you import.

Whether you're an enterprise moving workloads onto sovereign infrastructure, a university joining the partnership programme, or a partner looking to co-build the next Navon site — we'd like to hear from you.