# UK firm signs deal with Nigerian state to deploy 50,000 smart lampposts.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-01 · BBC News*

## Key points

- Conflow Power Group will deploy 50,000 solar-powered iLamp data centres in Nigeria's Katsina state.
- Each iLamp contains a 15-watt NVIDIA-powered AI chip and can function as an AI surveillance camera.
- Removed iLamp chips are designed to be 'fried' to deter theft and prevent hardware reuse.
- Katsina will monetize iLamps by leasing processing capacity to AI firms, sharing revenue with CPG after three years.
- An iLamp assembly factory is being constructed in Katsina, with manufacturing also in Morocco, Taiwan, and Latvia.

**Companies:** NVIDIA, Conflow Power Group Limited
**Countries:** United Kingdom, Nigeria, Morocco, Taiwan, Latvia

[Read the full story on BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98r4e594p7o)

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