Competition is getting stronger and stronger in the growing African data center market. Local and foreign companies are increasing investments in infrastructure to meet the growing demand for cloud service on the continent. Africa Data Centers (ADC), the subsidiary of Cassava Technologies Group specializing in the construction and operation of data centers announced on Monday, November...
With the acceleration of digital transformation, Africa is seeing strong demand for cloud services. Local and foreign companies are increasing investments in data centers to meet this demand. British private equity fund Helios Investment Partners has announced the signing of agreements to acquire majority stakes in data center companies Maroc Datacenter (MDC) and IXAfrica Data Center...
Raxio Data Center in Ethiopia (“ET1”) officially became A Tier III certified independent data center in Ethiopia after receiving the Uptime Institute Tier III Certification on 21 October 2022. “This certification was achieved after a diligent assessment and evaluation by the Uptime Institute’s expert international teams to ensure Raxio ET1 meets the stringent requirements of...
Datacentre and interconnection platform provider Teraco has completed the first phase of JB4, its new hyperscale datacentre addition to the Bredell Campus, Ekurhuleni, East of Johannesburg, South Africa. In a statement, the company said the new facility supports the growing demand by enterprises and cloud providers for datacentre capacity. Teraco added that as one of...
Dimension Data parent company NTT today officially opened its latest data centre, based in Johannesburg. The Johannesburg 1 Data Centre, a tier three facility, has a capacity of 12MW, covering 6 000 square metres of IT space, and forms part of NTT’s investment of up to €120 million (R1.2 billion) towards its expansion into the African...
The construction of a data center in Zanzibar should notably make it possible to strengthen the digital infrastructure of the archipelago and accelerate the government’s digital ambitions at both regional and national level. The revolutionary government of Zanzibar on Thursday October 13 signed a memorandum of understanding with the IT services provider Oman Data Park...
Wingu is happy to announce that we will be landing a major cable system, for which we have already started building Djibouti’s first and only integrated cable landing station (CLS) and data center. This facility is carrier-neutral, Tier 3-certified, and connected to all current telecom infrastructure in Djibouti, as well as the growing Wingu ecosystem...
Raxio Group continues to expand its technological footprint across the African continent. Founded in 2018, the neutral data center builder and operator has already established a physical presence in six African countries including Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The builder and operator of neutral data centers Raxio Group announced on Friday, September...
Pan-African datacentre company Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has announced the deployment of three new OADC EDGE datacentres in South Africa. OADC EDGE DCs offer colocation, rooftop access and high-speed network interconnectivity between facilities at up to 100Gbps and on multiple routes for diversity. The WIOCC Group company said the datacentres will be live by...
The aftermath of Covid-19 has resulted in a rampant adoption of digital services. Public administrations and private companies have accelerated their transformation. Segments of telecoms activities hitherto timid have gained in growth. In Ethiopia, competition is growing. Mobile operator Safaricom Ethiopia announces the upcoming construction of a new data center in Addis Ababa. On Thursday, September 15, the company...
