Stories from Katsina · Nigeria

Armed individuals attacked multiple communities in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina State on May 3rd, resulting in at least 11 deaths. Nigerian police reported that armed individuals launched a retaliatory attack on multiple communities in the Katsina State on Sunday.

The government of Katsina State in Nigeria has signed a deal with British firm Conflow to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart street lights. These lights, known as iLAMS, are designed to function as distributed AI data centers. The company claims each light will contain Nvidia hardware to support these functions. A Nigerian state has signed a deal to integrate AI data centers into street lighting infrastructure. The system utilizes solar power to operate autonomously and includes computer chips, specifically GPUs, inside the street lights. This edge computing setup is designed to prevent single points of failure by providing compute power directly at the location where it is needed. The project aims to utilize the lights for both illumination and computing capabilities.