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Africa Data Centres secures $109 million in financing

Cassava Technologies group ADC has secured a bespoke financing solution worth ZAR2 billion ($109m) arranged by the South African banking group RMB. The funding will allow the company to expand its data center capacity and meet the growing demand for cloud computing in South Africa – expanding ...

June 17, 2024

Africa Data Centres

Airtel’s Nxtra begins construction on Lagos data center

Airtel Africa this week officially broke ground on a new facility in Lagos’s Victoria Island. The facility will deliver 38MW and is expected to be live by the first quarter of 2026. It will also be the first of five hyperscale data centers developed by Airtel Africa on the continent through N...

March 13, 2024

Lagos

Open Access Data Centers to expand Johannesburg facility

Pan-African operator Open Access Data Centers (OADC) plans to expand its data center in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has reportedly begun work on phase two expansion of its Isando facility, which is expected to be complete in Q1 2024, adding 4MW and 600 racks. Darren Bedford, group chief b...

November 22, 2023

Johannesburg

BCX partners with Alibaba to launch cloud products in Johannesburg, South Africa

Telkom subsidiary BCX, in partnership with Alibaba Cloud, officially launched its Africa Local Public (ALP) Cloud service from two Johannesburg-based data centers last week. Both companies entered a partnership that grants BCX exclusive rights to distribute Alibaba Cloud’s products and service...

October 13, 2023

Johannesburg

IXAfrica buys 11 acres for second Nairobi data center facility

IXAfrica has bought land in Nairobi, Kenya, for a second data center site. The company executed a contract with local real estate developer Tilisi Developments plc to acquire 11 acres of land in the Kenyan capital for the development of its second data center campus. Research is currently bein...

August 15, 2023

Nairobi

Africa Data Centres and Linx form partnership

Africa Data Centres has shared that it has formed a strategic partnership with the London Internet Exchange (LINX) to pursue growth opportunities in current and new markets in Africa.ADC plans to launch in 10 of Africa's economic hubs, including South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda, E...

May 23, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres announces plans to start work on new facility in Accra

Africa Data Centres has announced that it is set to begin work on a new facility based on its recently acquired land in the Central Business District of Accra, Ghana, on a part of the former Trade Fair showgrounds site. The data center will begin with an initial 10 MW, expandable to 30MW, dep...

May 21, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres Buys Land in Accra, Ghana, to Build on Soon

Africa Data Centres (ADC) will soon initiate construction on a new data center in Accra, Ghana. This week, the company revealed that it would soon begin construction on newly acquired land in the capital city's Central Business District. The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) ...

May 19, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Will be Adopted in Africa Data Centres

TechAccess, a blend integrator, has partnered with Africa Data Centres, a Cassava second-class technology and a group of Africans with a common interest in technology, to launch a Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution. The DCIM solution will be provided by EkkoSense and Assetsp...

March 27, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres signs 20-year PPA for solar

Africa Data Centres (ADC) has announced the signing of a new 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Distributed Power Africa (DPA) to procure solar energy for its South African operations.Through the deal, the company will be supplied via wheeling, which occurs by delivering renewable en...

March 14, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres begins work on a new data center in Cape Town, South Africa

Cassava Technologies subsidiary Africa Data Centres has begun constructing its new data center in Cape Town, South Africa, the second data center in the city. Located in the north of the city, it is primed to have an IT load of 20MW, spanning 12,000 square meters (129,150 sq ft).Commenting abo...

January 27, 2023

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres expands in Kenya

Africa Data Centres (ADC) has announced that it is expanding its Sameer data center site in Nairobi, Kenya, by up to 15 MW. According to ADC, the first 5MW phase of the build will be complete by the first half of 2024. This first phase will reportedly bring five times more than the current ca...

December 02, 2022

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres Announces New Data Center in Kigali, Rwanda

Africa Data Centres has announced that it is developing its first data center in Kigali, Rwanda. According to the company, the purpose-built data center will offer 2MW of capacity. ADC also revealed that it would break ground on the data center in Q1 2023. It, however, did not reveal the ex...

November 29, 2022

Africa Data Centres

VP of Ghana Opens Tier IV Onix Data Center in Accra

The Vice President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, has opened a 12MW data center in Accra, Ghana. The data center was developed to Tier IV standards. The data center was constructed by Onix. Onix is also claiming that the facility is the only African-based carrier-neutral co-location data center n...

June 24, 2022

Accra

Africa Data Centres To Develop Second Facility in Cape Town, South Africa

Africa Data Centres has announced its plans to expand its presence in South Africa. The company revealed that it would be developing a 20MW data center in the country. The data center will span 15,000 square meters (161,458 square feet) across eight data halls. According to ADC, the data cente...

June 16, 2022

Africa Data Centres

Ghana: Africa Data Centres plans 30MW facility

Africa Data Centres has announced its plans to build a 30MW data center in Accra, Ghana, adding to its presence in Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos, Nigeria; Lomé, Togo; and Samrand and Midrand, South Africa. Further details around when the facility will go live are yet to be released. Tesh Durvasula, A...

June 08, 2022

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres chooses Distributed Power Technologies to provide renewable energy

Africa Data Centres has announced that it has chosen Distributed Power Technologies (DPT) to provide its South African data centers with renewable energy and storage. This announcement follows news that the company recently secured nearly R4 billion to expand and develop its two data centers i...

December 09, 2021

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres launches data center in Lagos

Africa Data Centres has announced the opening of a new data center in Lagos, Nigeria. The data center, namely LOS1 will have a capacity of 10MW, with six data halls, and spanning 6,000 sqm (64,500 sq ft). According to the company, the facility will serve as the West African Hub for the compan...

November 30, 2021

ADC Lagos LOS1

Africa Data Centres to double capacity in Johannesburg, South Africa to 100MW

Africa Data Centres has revealed its plans to more than double its capacity in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company says its footprint in the region would be increased to 100MW. ADC currently has two campuses in Johannesburg which will have 20MW of capacity each upon full build-out. In addi...

November 23, 2021

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres is developing two data centers in Nairobi, Kenya

Africa Data Centres has revealed its plans for two new data centers in Nairobi, Kenya. The data center firm said it had begun work on a second data center with up to 20MW of IT capacity. It also says it is already securing land for a third data center. According to Africa Data Centres, the ...

November 12, 2021

Africa Data Centres

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