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Vantage Data Centers enters Power Purchase Agreement with SolarAfrica

Vantage Data Centers – a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses – has announced it has entered into a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with SolarAfrica, a pioneer in South Africa’s solar energy financing. This agreement will enable Vantage to supplement the local grid that powers the company’s Johannesburg (JNB1) data centre campus […]


Rack Centre becomes one of the first IFC EDGE certified data centres in EMEA

Rack Centre, an Actis majority-owned data centre and a leading carrier-neutral Tier III data centre in West Africa, has become one of the first International Finance Corporation (IFC) EDGE certified data centres in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  This prestigious green building certification recognises the significant savings the centre will achieve in energy and […]


11th Edition Digital Transformation Summit: Egypt

In line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 and Egypt’s digital transformation strategy, both private and public sectors come together with a vision and plan to establish the foundations for the transformation of Egypt into a digital society. Hence, the Digital Transformation Summit is coming to Egypt to tackle a wide range of topics that are fundamental […]


ALEC launches new company to revolutionise data centre construction in MENA region

Building on its strengths in construction, MEP, logistics, fitout and technology integration and looking to cater to growing demand for regional data centres, ALEC has announced the establishment of its newest subsidiary, ALEC Data Centre Solutions. In addition to designing, implementing and commissioning turn-key data centres that conform to the highest international standards, the company […]


Khazna Data Centers breaks ground on its second data centre at Masdar

Khazna Data Centers, one of the largest wholesale data centre providers in the Middle East and North Africa, has kicked off construction of its second data centre in Masdar, Abu Dhabi and is set to be completed by Q3 2023. To be named Khazna Abu Dhabi 6 (AUH 6), the new 31.8 megawatts (MW) of […]


Raxio Group invests in Tanzania’s first carrier-neutral Tier III data centre

The Raxio Group, a premier pan-African data centre developer and operator, has announced it is investing and establishing ‘Raxio Tanzania’, one of the first state-of-the-art, carrier-neutral, Tier III data centres in the country. Raxio Tanzania is the latest facility to be part of Raxio’s fast-expanding network of interconnected carrier-neutral, Tier III data centres across the African continent. As the […]


Huawei Middle East IT Day 2022 spotlights full-stack data centre solutions

The Huawei Middle East IT Day 2022, held under the theme of ‘Green Data, Super Power’, recently brought together Huawei experts, independent analysts and customers to discuss the role of modern data centre and storage technology in helping businesses innovate faster. Digitalisation is accelerating in the region, putting pressure on existing IT systems. This has […]


First cloud data centre opens in South Africa 

Acronis, a global leader in cyberprotection, has announced the availability of a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Center in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The new data centre, one of the 111 new data centres being deployed by the company, gives service provider partners access to a full range of cyberprotection solutions upon which they can build new […]


Orange and Engie to convert Orange’s main data centre in Africa to Solar Power

The Groupement Orange Services (GOS), a resource-pooling entity for the 18 Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) subsidiaries, provides pooled hosting and infrastructure operation services, service platforms and IT to all the subsidiaries. The data centre in Africa was built in 2016 in Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire, on a site covering 16,600 m² and hosts […]


Equinix to expand into Africa with acquisition of MainOne

Equinix has announced its expansion into Africa through its intended acquisition of MainOne, a leading West African data centre and connectivity solutions provider, with presence in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The acquisition is expected to close Q1 of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions including the requisite regulatory approvals. Charles Meyers, […]


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