I-Greek multinational Amaco Energy Group ingene ebudlelwaneni ne-GE Vernova njengoba iqhubekisela phambili izinhlelo zokuthuthukisa i- $ 1.5 billion, cishe i-Sh194.2 billion, isikhungo sedatha yobuhlakani bokufakelwa e-Mombasa.
Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sokubambisana, ama-gas turbine e-GE Vernova azohlanganiswa ku-Hercules power barge ehleliwe ye-Amaco, ezohlinzeka ngogesi ozinikele esikhungweni sedatha. Obunye ubuchwepheshe obuvela enkampanini yamandla yase-US, okuhlanganisa ugesi namasistimu edijithali, nakho kungahlanganiswa njengoba iphrojekthi ithuthuka.
Indawo ehlongozwayo ye-Hercules ihlanganisa ukukhiqizwa kukagesi, ukupholisa kanye nengqalasizinda yesikhungo sedatha esilungele i-AI. Ngokungafani nezikhungo ezivamile zedatha ezixhunywe kunethiwekhi kazwelonke kagesi, i-Amaco ihlela ukusebenzisa isikhungo sase-Mombasa isebenzisa isistimu yamandla egesi yemvelo engaphesheya kwezilwandle ezimele.
I-Amaco ibheka i-Dongo Kundu ne-Kilindini njengezindawo ezingaba khona zentuthuko. I-Mombasa inikeza inzuzo ebalulekile kwingqalasizinda yesikhungo sedatha ngoba izintambo eziningana zomhlaba wonke ze-submarine fibre-optic zifika ogwini lwase-Kenya, zinikeza ukuxhumana kumanethiwekhi e-inthanethi omhlaba wonke. I-Port of Mombasa kanye ne-Special Economic Zone eseduze nakho kungasekela isidingo samabhizinisi ezimboni.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Amaco u-Theodore Theodoropoulos ubelokhu enengxoxo neziphathimandla zase-Kenya njengoba inkampani ifuna imvume yokutshala imali. Ngo-August, wahlangana noNobhala weKhabhinethi ye-ICT uWilliam Kabogo ukuze axoxe ngalesi siphakamiso. I-ICT Ministry iqinisekisile ukuthi izingxoxo zigxile esikhungweni esihlanganisiwe esinikwe amandla yi-LNG esihlanganisa ukukhiqizwa kukagesi, ukupholisa, ukugcinwa nokulungiswa kwe-LNG, kanye nezikhungo zedatha ezilungele i-AI.
Le phrojekthi iza njengoba i-Kenya iheha utshalomali olukhulayo kwingqalasizinda edingekayo ukuze isekele ubuhlakani bokuzenzela, i-computing yamafu, ezezimali zedijithali namanye amasevisi adinga idatha.
Ukutholakala kukagesi sekubaluleke kakhulu njengoba izikhungo zedatha ye-AI zidinga ugesi omkhulu ukuze zisebenzise imishini yamakhompiyutha namasistimu okupholisa. Isinqumo sika-Amaco sokuzenzela ugesi singasiza iphrojekthi igweme ukucindezela igridi kazwelonke yase-Kenya.
Inkampani ayikadaluli umthamo wokugcina wesikhungo sedatha esihlongozwayo noma umugqa wesikhathi sokwakha. Izilinganiso zamanje ezicashunwe kuphrojekthi zibonisa cishe ama-megawatt angu-75 wezidingo ezingaba khona ezivela embonini esindayo, kanti amanye ama-megawatt angu-75 kuya kwangu-100 kungenzeka avela kumakhasimende okuqala esikhungo sedatha.
Uma kugunyazwa futhi kuthuthukiswa, utshalomali lungaqinisa indima evelayo ye-Mombasa emkhakheni wengqalasizinda yedijithali yase-Kenya futhi lusekele isifiso sezwe sokuba isikhungo esikhulu se-AI ne-cloud computing.
Nokho, okwamanje, intuthuko eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-Sh194.2 isalokhu iyisiphakamiso esiqhubekayo ezingxoxweni neziphathimandla zase-Kenya, kanye nobambiswano lwe-GE Vernova olunikeza ingxenye esemqoka yezobuchwepheshe yengqalasizinda yayo yamandla ezimele ehleliwe.
