Africa Data Centres unveils its latest world-class data centre at their Midrand Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa
Africa Data Centres (https://www.africadatacentres.com/), the only pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centres on the continent, has completed its new Johannesburg data centre, based in its Midrand Campus which is one of the largest in Africa. This state-of-the-art facility, designed with the latest global standards is the ideal location for technology companies and enterprises to […]
Africa Data Centres reveals continent’s largest-ever data centre expansion plan
10 Interconnected, cloud- and carrier neutral data centres will be built across the length and breadth of the continent in an unrivalled $500m investment in Africa’s digital future. Africa’s leading carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, Africa Data Centres, has announced plans to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of […]
Africa Data Centres Confirms Build of 10MW Lagos Data Centre
Nigeria is a key African market, says Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data Centres. “This region is hungry for digitisation and to pave the way for our hyperscale customers to deploy digitisation solutions to West Africa, Africa Data Centres’ construction of a 10-megawatt data centre in Lagos is well underway. The Lagos build marks a […]
An Emerging Market for Colocation with Africa Data Centres’
Expected to grow at a CAGR of over 12% between 2019 and 2025 to exceed US$3 billion, Africa’s data center market is steadily emerging, especially as the continent attracts interest from major global providers who are looking to expand into new regions. The introduction of new network services and technologies is advancing the region and providing […]
Africa Data Centres Joins NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Centre Program
Africa Data Centres announced it has joined the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Centre program, allowing organisations across the African continent to connect with AI-ready facilities for seamless, rapid and cost-effective AI deployments. Africa Data Centres is the first and only network of interconnected, carrier- and vendor-neutral data centres on the African continent. Being a part of […]
Bringing the cloud to Africa
The way we use technology has shifted rapidly over the past few years. From having to keep a local copy of all data on your device, on your PC or on a local server to ensure access to critical information, consumers and companies have rapidly embraced the benefits that the cloud offers. Leading the push […]
The rise of data centres in Africa
Now and again, a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution sees a combination of factors unite to create a ‘perfect storm’ of demand – one that is exacerbated by the various vendors’ inability to keep pace with it. One such industry is the multi-tenant colocation data centre market in Africa, which is poised on […]
Building Africa’s first interconnected carrier neutral data centres
My Broadband Article When Liquid Telecom first approached Stephane Duproz to lead its data centre business, he could immediately see that the company was sitting on a winner. However, it would require significant organisational changes to realise its full potential. “We realised that there was more potential than originally thought and I presented a big […]
Global giants eye Africa for data centre expansion
The greatest commodity in the world today is information, as information leads to knowledge. Similarly, the ability to access, and distribute information have become crucial factors for the upliftment and development of any county. “Moving towards a knowledge-based economy by harnessing the power of ICTs, will greatly boost the competitiveness and financial health of our […]
Africa Data Centres announces peering subsidies
Africa Data Centres has announced that it has partnered with INX-ZA, a division of the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) of South Africa, which operates completely neutral, and community-run Internet exchange points in South Africa. The partnership will deliver free peering from any of Africa Data Centres facilities to INX-ZA’s Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX), the […]
