Can Kenya’s AI ambitions coexist with Naivasha’s water needs?
- Naivasha, Kenya – For communities living around Naivasha, water is not an abstract resource.
- It sustains families, livestock, farms and schools.
- That reality has taken on new significance after plans for a major Microsoft-G42 data centre in Olkaria, near Lake Naivasha, stalled in May 2026 over concerns about available power capacity.
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- Naivasha, Kenya – For communities living around Naivasha, water is not an abstract resource.
- It sustains families, livestock, farms and schools.
- That reality has taken on new significance after plans for a major Microsoft-G42 data centre in Olkaria, near Lake Naivasha, stalled in May 2026 over concerns about available power capacity.
Sources: Al Jazeera