Data Centres Africa
Construction Begins on New $250-Million Hyperscale Data Centre in Lagos
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Africa Data Centres Reveals Continent’s Largest-Ever Data Centre Expansion Plan
Sourced from Shutterstock Africa’s leading carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, Africa Data Centres, has announced plans to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. The project will involve building 10 hyperscale data centres, in 10 countries, over the next two years – at a cost of more than $500 million. It is being funded through new equity and facilities from leading development finance institutions and multilateral organisations. Africa Data Centres CEO, Mr Stephane Duproz, explains that the finance for the roll-out has been provided by equity and loans to Africa Data Centres’ parent company, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, to fully fund the expansion. Explaining the ambitious initiati...
2 New Data Centres Costing $200-Million to Be Built in Nairobi
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Liquid Eyes Africa’s Largest Tech Markets After $250-Million Boost from IFC
Strive Masiyiwa, Liquid Intelligent Technologies Executive Chairman and Founder with Makhtar Diop, IFC’s Managing Director. The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a new partnership with South African tech group Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) to expand data center capacity and the rollout of fiber-optic cable across the continent. IFC’s equity and debt investments in Liquid, which to date total approximately $250-million, will support the company to grow its hyperscale data center capacity in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa through its subsidiary, Africa Data Centres. The partnership with Liquid, one of Africa’s leading independent fiber and digital services providers, aims “to increase digital connectivity and inclusion in Africa and ...
Construction Begins on ‘Largest Data Centre in Africa’ Worth $1-Billion
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+OneX Partners Teraco to Streamline Journeys into the Hybrid Cloud
Sourced from InfoWorld. New-age solutions and systems integrator, +OneX, has partnered with Teraco Data Environments to provide its enterprise customers with access to secure, resilient infrastructure at the heart of Africa’s largest, vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider. +OneX will leverage Teraco’s physical infrastructure and interconnection services to support its customers’ journeys to hybrid cloud and multi-cloud deployments with access to the richest cloud ecosystem on the continent. The partnership builds on and extends an existing relationship between Triple H Cloud Services, a managed private cloud provider that +OneX acquired earlier this year and integrated into its cloud business. +OneX co-locates its private cloud and data services in Teraco’s carri...
iOCO Enables Local Legacy Transitions with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Brett van Rensburg, Sales Director for iOCO’s Compute Division. Fortinet’s Secure Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) solution has shone recently as enterprises have had to shift from legacy infrastructure to increase their security and flexibility for remote working. This is according to iOCO-Network Solutions (iOCO-NS), the Compute division of iOCO, the ICT services business of the JSE-listed EOH Group. The iOCO-NS team includes Taya Howell, Head of Sales; Marc du Plessis, Head of Product; Lynton Clamp, CTO; Peter Lamsley, PMO Manager; and Magan Govender, Strategic Sales. Brett van Rensburg, Sales Director, iOCO Compute, adds, “The need to shift from legacy infrastructure, as part of an organisation’s digital transformation strategy, has experienced an acceleration due t...
Machine Learning to Hybrid Cloud: 6 Key Trends Shaping Data Management
Image sourced from Capacity Media. Digital transformation and the increase in remote working means that businesses are faced with unparalleled levels of data being generated daily. Businesses not only have to manage that data, but they also have to address the fact that much of the data created by enterprise systems is ultimately valueless. In fact, it’s estimated that 90% of data is never accessed again 90 days after it is stored. Not only does this unnecessary data fill already-saturated storage systems, but it also becomes a liability requiring ongoing management. The increased pace of the generation of new business information means that data management has become a core priority for IT and non-technical executives alike, and the data management decisions that companies make can have s...
200 GE vs. 400 GE: Data Center Network Development Focus
Image sourced from Notebook Check. The Internet connects more than four billion users worldwide and supports emerging digital applications such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), 16K video, autonomous driving, Artificial Intelligence (AI), 5G, and Internet of Things (IoT). In addition, merging online and offline services in the education, medical, and office sectors, has an impact on every aspect of our lives. A Data Center Network (DCN), as the infrastructure for the development of Internet services, has moved from GE and 10 GE networks to the 25 GE access + 100 GE interconnection phase. 100 GE Interconnection: Full-Fixed-Device Architecture Is Valued by Large Internet Enterprises In 25 GE access + 100 GE interconnection architecture, a DCN implements large-scale access t...
Teraco Completes Massive Data Centre Facility in South Africa
Teraco’s newly completed Johannesburg Data Centre facility. Teraco Data Environments Proprietary Limited, one of Africa’s largest vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services providers, has announced the completion of the JB3 data centre facility, located within the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The JB3 Data Centre. Image sourced from Tech Central. The company says its new billion-dollar facility represents a strategic addition to Platform Teraco, which offers enterprises a scalable platform for IT infrastructure deployment while sustaining performance, reliability, security, and the widest network choice. JB3 comprises 45000 square meters of building structure, 12000 square meters of data hall space, and 29MW of critical power load. When...
