Zadara, Unitellas extend edge cloud capability at Africa Data Centres’ Lagos facility
Expansion into West Africa builds on South African implementation Zadara, the recognised leader in edge cloud services, has extended its African footprint by bringing its global federated edge service to Africa Data Centres’ new facility in Lagos, Nigeria. “With the African data centre market expected to experience a CAGR of 15% over the coming years, […]
Africa Data Centres’ Kenya facility awarded global environmental and safety certifications
Part of the largest, interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre network on the continent, Africa Data Centres’ facility in Kenya is the first in the region to receive both ISO14001 and ISO45001 certifications. Kenya’s leading data centre, operated in Nairobi by Africa Data Centres, has become the first in the region to obtain ISO14001 and […]
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 […]
