Can Africa mint its own intelligence?
A new sovereign supercomputer in Uganda could shift the continent from exporting raw data to producing sovereign AI. For decades, Africa has been rich in raw materials but poor in…
Data Sovereignty: digital independence or digital collaboration?
A keynote panel at ITW Africa on the topic “The Question of Data Sovereignty: A Future of Digital Independence?” examined whether Africa’s push for data localization and ownership will drive…
US-style data center models will not work in Africa, experts warn.
At ITW & Datacloud Africa’s Energy Workshop, industry leaders agreed that Africa cannot simply copy Western approaches to powering and building data centers. With demand for cloud and AI workloads…
Vertiv acquires Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets for $200m.
To strengthen Vertiv's position in high-density integrated infrastructure for data centers and critical digital environments, Vertiv Holdings Co. said it has completed its $200 million acquisition of Great Lakes Data…
Africa’s Data Center Boom: experts call for ecosystem maturity and local interconnection.
At the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF 2025) held in Lagos, Nigeria, a high-level panel of digital infrastructure leaders explored the continent’s evolving data center landscape, unpacking the drivers…
Canada’s pension fund commits $225M to Cambridge data center expansion.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) will invest C$225 million (US$160 million) into the expansion of a major data center in Cambridge, Ontario. This funding represents half of…
AI gold rush: why Meta is selling $2 billion in data center assets.
For anyone in tech, the phrase "data center" often conjures images of endless server racks, humming machinery, and colossal power consumption. But what if one of the world's leading tech…
Saudi Arabia’s AI dream gets a boost from xAI.
xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk and creator of the Grok chatbot, is reportedly exploring a potential data center expansion into Saudi Arabia, according to a Bloomberg…
TouchNet and iXAfrica launch Sovereign AI Cloud in Kenya.
TouchNet and iXAfrica Data Centres have partnered to launch the Zadara AI Sovereign Cloud in Kenya, marking a significant milestone in the country’s digital infrastructure evolution.The enterprise-grade cloud solution, hosted…
Vertiv AI Solutions Innovation Roadshow charts Africa’s path to an AI-powered future.
Africa’s ambition to harness artificial intelligence as a force for economic transformation took center stage at the Vertiv AI Solutions Innovation Roadshow held in Lagos, Nigeria. The 2025 edition brought…