Often deemed as one of the world’s largest investment opportunities, Africa’s data centre economy is posed for great growth this decade, as consumers, businesses and governments digitise. With nearly 1.4 billion people and expected to reach a population of over 1.7 billion by 2030, Africa’s internet penetration sits at around 43%, below the world’s average of 64%. ...

Data centre capacity across Europe's main markets is set to grow 21% this year, adding 438MW. But what is driving this rapid expansion, and is it contained to just the big cities of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin (FLAP-D markets)? Joining The Tech Capital’s João Marques Lima is Matt Pullen, EVP and managing director for Europe at CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: C...

Last March, Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) outlined a new manifesto for interconnecting global communities around their increasingly most strategic asset: data. And today, the company is announcing another significant step in its plan to create next-generation interconnection and colocation, in answer to the explosion of enterprise data globally. The firm, which operates nearly...