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...
Open Access Data Centres (OADC) said it is in the final stage of preparing for the launch of Phase Two expansion at its Isando data centre. The added capacity is expected to go live in Q1 of 2024 as mechanical and electrical equipment has now also been ordered. With the investment, the campus...
November 20
Hyperscale data centre operator Teraco has concluded the expansion project at its DB1 facility in KwaZulu-Natal, in eastern South Africa. The facility is located in Durban, the country’s third largest city with a population of over three million people, and has direct access to the Seacom, EASSy, MÉTISS, and soon-to-be-deployed 2Africa cable systems that connect the east...
November 15
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) has appointed Sandile Dube as its Managing Director in South Africa. In his new role, Sandile will work closely with both local businesses and multinational companies to establish an interconnection platform in Equinix’s new JN1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Johannesburg. Scheduled for a mid-2024 launch, the new IBX d...
November 15
African Ministers of Communications and Digital Technologies, together with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), have committed to working together to promote the development of a robust and intelligent digital infrastructure across the continent. At the Ministerial Forum on Building a Future-Oriented, Digital Infrastructure for Africa, held in Cape Town, South Afric...
November 15
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