Green Revolution - How data centres are answering to the global climate emergency
In the face of the global climate emergency and the European energy crisis, data centres are under increasing pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and enh...
Rwanda
Laser Light, WIOCC strike $129 million master services agreement for Africa
Laser Light Companies and WIOCC have signed a five-year US$129 million master services agreement to bulk up Africa’s digital infrastructure backbones. As part of the terms, Laser Light will contract with WIOCC for capacity on terrestrial and subsea cables in and around Africa and support servi...
July 17
Cassava’s ADC to set up Rwanda data centre
Africa Data Centres said it will build its first data centre in Kigali, Rwanda, to meet growing demand in the region. The facility will have 2MW of IT load and will break ground in the first quarter of 2023. Chief executive Tesh Durvasula, who took to the role last February, said: "Our decision to build a data centre in Kigali was an easy one, given Rwanda's robust econo...
November 29
World leaders commit initial $295m towards equitable digital infrastructure rollouts
At the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, high-level representatives from governments, civil society, the private sector, philanthropy, and international organisations agreed to scale up efforts to build safe, trusted, and inclusive digital public infrastructure (DPI) for a more sustainable, equitable world. To this end, they committed to sharing digital p...
September 27
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