Africa’s global compute share has dropped 20% in two years despite infrastructure expansion

Africa’s digital infrastructure footprint is expanding rapidly, yet its position in the global compute landscape is weakening. Over the past two years, the continent’s share of global compute capacity has…

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Pan African DataCentres conference returns to Johannesburg in June 2026 as Africa’s data center market accelerates

The Pan African DataCentres Conference and Exhibition (PADC) will return to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 23–24 June 2026, bringing together operators, investors, policymakers, and technology providers at…

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Africa’s connectivity boom is creating a new dependence: Compute

Africa is laying the digital equivalent of highways at record speed—and importing almost everything that matters once the traffic arrives. The continent’s connectivity story has turned a corner. Subsea systems…

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Africa doubles data center capacity in five years but still trails global peers

Africa’s live commercial data center capacity has approximately doubled over the past five years, reflecting growing demand for cloud services and local data processing. Despite this expansion, the continent continues…

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Africa may need up to 5GW of new power for data centres as AI demand grows – experts

Africa could require up to five gigawatts of additional power capacity for data centres over the next five years as demand for AI and cloud computing accelerates, highlighting weaknesses in…

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We are ready to implement policies that enable you – NITDA tells hyperscalers

Nigeria’s technology regulator is moving to convert years of cloud and data-center policy into enforceable action, telling global hyperscalers that the government is prepared to implement, and legislate where necessary,…

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