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...
Sierra Leone
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
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
$700m ACE subsea cable now linking South Africa to French Brittany
The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable has been extended down the coast of western Africa from São Tomé and Príncipe to South Africa. The cable is now connecting Duynefontein, north of Cape Town in South Africa, to Penmarch, in the French region of Brittany. Along the 17,000Km route, the cable has sub-lines going into Portugal, Canary Islands, Mauritania, Se...
July 02
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