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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

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa Data Centres

Teraco announces 30MW expansion of Brackenfell facility

Teraco has announced a 30MW expansion of its CT2 campus in Brackenfell as the second construction phase begins. The new capacity of this facility is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2025. The Digital Realty-owned company completed the first phase of CT2 at the Brackenfell cam...

November 14, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Teraco Data Environments

Vodacom begins 5G technology testing in Congo

Vodacom Congo announced that it has recently begun the testing phase of its 5G technology. However, the company noted in an interview with ITWeb Africa that its main focus is still expanding its existing 4G network coverage and mobile money services. Vodacom DRC CEO Khalil Al Americani said in...

November 06, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vodacom Business

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

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

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

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa Data Centres

Teraco announces solar farm investment plans

Teraco has announced plans to invest in a solar farm located in the City of Ekurhuleni in eastern Johannesburg, South Africa. This investment is in 100MW utility-scale solar farms, which are currently under development and located with the data center, which is reportedly close to signing a w...

March 20, 2023

Teraco Data Environments

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

Teraco Purchases Cape Town's Great Westerford Property

The Great Westerford building in Cape Town, South Africa, has been purchased by Teraco. This week, the company controlled by Digital Realty declared that it had acquired the structure from Ingenuity Property Investments, which contains its 5MW CT1 data center. The office area in the Rondebo...

February 09, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Teraco Data Environments

Teraco Secures $678m Loan For Expansion

Teraco, a provider of data centers in South Africa, has been given a $678 million loan. Absa Group, a South African lender, led the loan. The business stated that "many big financial institutions" provided the cash, but did not identify them. Teraco, a subsidiary of Digital Realty, will utiliz...

February 06, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Teraco Data Environments

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

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa Data Centres

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

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

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 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

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

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

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa Data Centres

Teraco completes CT2 data center in Cape Town, South Africa

South African data center company Teraco has announced it completed the first phase of its CT2 facility in Cape Town, South Africa. CT2 is a new hyperscale data center in Brackenfell, Cape Town. Phase one has 25,000 square meters (269,000 square feet) of building structure, 18MW of capacity, a...

October 08, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Teraco Cape Town CT2

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