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Oracle plans to build data centers in every country

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:December 13, 2023
Post category:Data Center Infrastructure News Software

In the recent Q2 2024 earnings call, Oracle's founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, unveiled ambitious plans to significantly expand the company's global data center footprint. The strategy involves the enhancement…

Airtel Africa launches data center business, Nxtra by Airtel

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:December 5, 2023
Post category:Colocation Data Center News

Airtel Africa has announced the launch of Nxtra by Airtel, a new data center business dedicated to meeting Africa's growing demand for reliable, sustainable data center capacity and fueling the…

Partnering to Grow South Africa’s Digital Economy – Sandile Dube, MD, Equinix, South Africa

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:December 4, 2023
Post category:Colocation Industry Views

By Sandile Dube Sandile Dube is the Managing Director of Equinix in South Africa. Africa represents one of the most attractive expansion opportunities available to multinational tech companies today.…

Vertiv launches prefabricated wooden data center solutions

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:November 29, 2023
Post category:Data Center

Global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, Vertiv has introduced a prefabricated wooden data center module. Vertiv’s TimberMod, a variant of its SmartMod container series, uses mass timber…

China’s Underwater Data Center achieves installation milestone

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:November 26, 2023
Post category:Colocation Data Center News

China’s Beijing Highlander Digital Technology Company has marked a significant achievement in commercial underwater data center development by successfully installing a core data module weighing an impressive 1,300 metric tons…

OADC to expand Johannesburg data center in South Africa

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:November 21, 2023
Post category:Data Center News

Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a pan-African operator, has announced the expansion of its Johannesburg data center in South Africa. The second phase of the Isando facility, expected to be…

Raxio launches new data center in Ethiopia

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:November 21, 2023
Post category:Data Center News

Raxio Data Centers has launched its new data center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Tier III certified data center, is strategically positioned in the heart of the country's economic hub…

Teraco completes Durban data center expansion to double existing facility capacity

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:November 15, 2023
Post category:Data Center

Teraco, Africa's largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data center provider, has completed the expansion project at its DB1 facility in Durban, South Africa. The DB1 facility, situated on Durban's north…

Teraco announces big Cape Town data centre expansion

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:November 14, 2023
Post category:Data Center

Teraco plans to transform its Cape Town data center, CT2, to a hyperscale facility. The expansion will see a 150% increase in the critical IT load from 20MW to 50MW.…

Digital Realty and Realty Income establish a joint data center development venture

Post author:AfricaHyperscalersNews
Post published:November 14, 2023
Post category:Data Center

Digital Realty and Realty Income have established a joint venture to support the development of two build-to-suit data centers in Northern Virginia. Realty Income received 80% equity for $200 million,…