Mercy ANURIKA
Africa Data Centers, part of the Cassava Technologies Group, a pan-African technology group, is pleased to announce building a second data center in Cape Town, South Africa. The new 20MW facility will cover 15,000 square meters in eight data halls and is situated on the northern periphery of Cape Town city center.
According to Tesh Durvasula, Chief Executive Officer of Africa Data Centers, there is a clear pipeline of demand for co-location space that cannot be served from the existing Diep River data center. “The new Cape Town facility is a critical part of Africa Data Centers expansion drive in the area”.
The site is located in a secure business park that is well served by two major national roads, the N7 and M12, and is in close proximity to Cape Town’s city center, the V&A Waterfront harbor, Cape Town International Airport, and is within easy reach of Africa Data Centers’ existing Africa Data Centers’ facility in Diep River. As volumes of data in South Africa grow, so does the demand for the capacity to store and process it. “This is why Africa Data Centers has such ambitious expansion plans in the region. As Africa’s largest and leading network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data center facilities, we are continually working to provide the infrastructure to help companies achieve their digital goals.”
There are several regions experiencing high data center demand in Africa, and data center capacity has more than doubled in the past few years. South Africa is leading the charge and is now brimming with new projects. Moreover, Durvasula says, “Hyper-scaler cloud providers have been eyeing the region for some time, with Amazon opening its first African cloud data center in South Africa in April 2020. In addition, Google Cloud recently selected Africa Data Centers as the first location for Google Cloud Interconnect in Africa”. Cape Town is the number two data center market in South Africa and currently has a connectivity ecosystem made up of several co-location data centers and a wide range of cloud service providers and networks.
Research estimates that the market for data centers in Africa is expected to reach between US$3 billion and US$5 billion in the next four years, growing at a compound annual growth rate of between 12 and 15%, depending on the report. South Africa remains is the largest data center market on the continent, with a thriving data center industry, and has been ranked number 25 globally by Cloudscene based on data center density.
Over and above bringing digital services to Capetonians, the facility will create a wide range of job opportunities through the provision of digital services and hiring local contractors and workers for the builds, from entry to high-tech level. The Cape Town build is currently in the initial design phase, with work set to start on site in the last quarter of 2022. Completion is scheduled for the end of 2023.
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