SA data centres must reduce Eskom reliance — Communications department
South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) wants data centre providers to reduce their dependency on the national power grid.
This was revealed in its National Policy on Cloud and Data...
Top data centre providers in South Africa
South Africa has seen a boom in data centre investments in recent years, with Africa Data Centres, BCX, Open Access Data Centres (OADC) and Teraco being among the top providers in the country.
Data centres provide South African businesses, hosting...
Top 5 data centre providers in South Africa
The growth of South Africa's data centre industry is great news for businesses in the country as it allows them to host their services closer to the end user.
South Africa's best data centre providers include Africa Data Centres, Teraco, Vantage...
Africa Data Centres and INX-ZA launch free remote peering
Africa Data Centres has announced that it is now offering remote peering through its partnership with INX-ZA, allowing customers to use any network service provider's infrastructure to reach Internet exchange points (IXPs).
INX-ZA — a...
South African tech companies going green while fighting load-shedding
Many of South Africa's major technology and telecom companies have plans to make their operations more environmentally friendly while increasing their resilience against load-shedding.
While the corporate world is no...
Top data centre providers in South Africa
The South African data centre market has grown substantially in recent years, and Teraco, Africa Data Centres, Business Connexion (BCX), and Open Access Data Centre (OADC) are among the best providers in the country.
These companies have also been...
Google launching first African cloud region — and it's based in South Africa
Google has confirmed that it will launch its first Cloud region in Africa, choosing South Africa as its base of operations.
This is according to Google's Cloud Leader for Africa, Niral Patel, who spoke at the tech...
Africa Data Centres' Samrand data centre — all the details
Africa Data Centres' Samrand facility is one of the only top-tier data centres on the continent, featuring fully redundant infrastructure, 6,000 square metres of white space, and approximately 2,400 racks.
The data centre also has the...
Google selects Africa Data Centres for Cloud Interconnect
Google has selected Africa Data Centres as the first location for a Google Cloud Interconnect in Africa.
"Hyperscaler cloud providers have been eyeing the region for some time, with Amazon opening its first African cloud data centre in...
R3.77-billion for fibre and data centre expansion in Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with the International Finance Corporation to expand its data centre capacity and increase fibre cable rollouts in Africa.
2021 MyBroadband Online Conference
The 2021 MyBroadband Conference will take place on Wednesday 14 April and has attracted excellent speakers and conference partners.
The annual MyBroadband Conference, now in its 16th year, is the largest IT and telecoms conference in South Africa.
This year...
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Africa Data Centres cleared to buy Standard Bank data centre
Africa Data Centres has received approval from the Competition Tribunal to buy Standard Bank's data centre in Samrand, north of Johannesburg.
The deal is structured as a merger between Africa Data Centres and The Rental Enterprise...