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...
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
Raxio, Roha and Meridiam have secured a sustainability-linked debt facility of up to US$170 million in multiple tranches for Raxio Data Centres, a pan-African data centre developer and operator. The financing package includes US$110 million from Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company. The fin...
April 18
Pan-African data centre developer and operator Raxio Group has unveiled plans to expand its footprint into Tanzania as expansions throughout the continent continue to gain pace. The rollout of a “metro-edge” data centre facility will be done under a new subsidiary, Raxio Tanzania, with operations expected to commence in 2023. Raxio Tanzania will be the sixth data cen...
March 24
Telecom operator Airtel Africa plc (LSE: AAF) has posted record figures in its half-year report as the business continues to work on its tower portfolio. The company posted revenue grew of 25.2% to US$2,272 million with double-digit growth across all regions including Nigeria up 32.4%, East Africa up 25.8% and Francophone Africa up 22.1%. Q2 reported revenue growth of 20.3%...
October 29
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