Neil Templeton, VP, Marketing, Console Connect, investigates Africa’s data centre landscape over the course of the year as well as how it is set to evolve in 2023. He considers the potential of cloud technology for accelerating data centre investment across the continent. While the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted businesses and the economy, one silver lining […]
The Raxio Group, a leading pan-African data centre developer and operator, held a ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of construction of its fifth – and Côte d’Ivoire’s first – Tier III carrier-neutral colocation data centre, located at the Village of Innovation and Technology (VITIB) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This facility marks the group’s anticipated entry […]
Teraco, one of Africa’s largest providers of interconnected data centre platforms, is now an integral connectivity and interconnection point for Google’s Equiano subsea cable. Equiano starts in Europe and runs along the West Coast of Africa, between Lisbon in Portugal and Cape Town in South Africa, with branching units along the way that can be […]
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has announced the opening of its new office and state-of-the-art Customer Experience Centre in Nairobi. With an increasing demand for high-efficiency critical infrastructure in East Africa, this centre supports Vertiv’s efforts in offering digital infrastructure solutions to local customers. The centre’s experts offer first-hand […]
Treten Networks, an ICT solutions and enterprise security services business, has partnered with Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies. This partnership will allow Treten’s customers access to the cloud and infrastructure they need to realise their Digital Transformation goals. Treten Networks offers specialist business advisory services that provide advanced network and security solutions, […]
The Raxio Group (Raxio), a leading pan-African data centre developer and operator, held a ground-breaking ceremony that formally kicks off the construction of its premier Tier-III carrier-neutral colocation data centre, located at Beluluane Industrial Park (MozParks) in Maputo, Mozambique (Raxio MZ1). The event was attended by members of the government, including the Governor of […]
Khazna Data Centres, one of the largest wholesale data centre providers in the Middle East and North Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understating (MoU) with GDS IDC Services (GDS), to discuss how to collaborate on co-operation and development of wholesale data centres across Greater China, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the Middle East regions. This co-operation […]
Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, announced that it has broken ground on the expansion of its Samrand facility in Johannesburg, from 10MW to 40MW of IT load. “The expansion will happen in multiple phases,” said Tesh Durvasula, CEO of Africa Data Centres. “The construction of the first phase […]
Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has drawn down the first tranche of US$83 million out of the US$300 million strategic investment from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) approved in 2021. This initial tranche is being applied towards expanding ADC’s data centres in South Africa. Subsequent […]
Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, has announced the delivery of the first facility on its Johannesburg campus. Positioned within the continent’s largest data centre market, Vantage has opened its first data centre (JNB11) in Africa after breaking ground in 2021. The two-storey facility offers 16MW of critical IT […]
