teraco

  1. Jan

    Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco

    Teraco seals R31.69-billion deal Teraco is officially Teraco: A Digital Realty Company, the South African data centre powerhouse announced on Monday. New York-based Digital Realty has completed its acquisition of approximately 55% of Teraco.
  2. Jan

    South Africa's data centre growth

    Growth of data centres in South Africa South Africa's data centre market is growing rapidly, with industry players building bigger and more advanced data centres. The list of companies with facilities in the country continues to grow after Teraco kicked off South Africa's carrier-neutral data...
  3. Jan

    Fastest broadband speeds in South Africa by neighbourhood

    South African neighbourhoods with the fastest broadband speeds New research by Analytico reveals that Fairland in Randburg has the highest average mobile broadband speed while Wilro Park in Roodepoort has the highest fixed broadband speed. The research used speed test results collected through...
  4. Jan

    NAPAfrica Internet traffic up 4420-fold in 10 years

    South African Internet traffic surged 442000% in 10 years Internet traffic flowing through NAPAfrica peaked at around 2.35 Tbps on Friday, 20 May 2022, a surge of over 441,911% since South Africa's biggest Internet exchange launched. South African data centre company Teraco launched NAPAfrica...
  5. Jan

    R56-billion Teraco deal gets Competition Commission approval - with conditions

    Big Teraco takeover deal gets thumbs up from Competition Commission The Competition Commission of South Africa has recommended that its Tribunal approve Digital Realty Trust's acquisition of Teraco, with conditions. Reports of the planned acquisition first surfaced in early January 2022...
  6. Jan

    South African tech companies raising billions in investment funding

    Billions flowing into South Africa's tech scene While many segments of South Africa's economy have been struggling to keep heads above water amid the Covid-19 pandemic, one has been flourishing — tech. Across the world, technology firms have generally benefitted from the disruption that came...
  7. Jan

    Neighbourhoods with the fastest broadband speeds in South Africa

    Where to get the fastest broadband speeds in South Africa Randjiespark in Johannesburg has the highest average mobile broadband speed, while Garsfontein in Pretoria has the highest average fixed broadband speed. These findings were revealed in an analysis of 400,000 speed tests done during the...
  8. Jan

    ISPs with the highest average speeds in South Africa - end Aug-Nov 2021

    ISPs with the highest speeds in South Africa Research by MyBroadband Insights revealed that Cybersmart, Webafrica, and Cool Ideas have the highest average performance on their networks. The research is based on 1.9 million speed tests performed on MyBroadband’s speed test website and its speed...
  9. Jan

    Teraco CT2 multi-million rand 18MW IT power DC launched in Cape Town

    Teraco opens multi-million rand data centre in Cape Town Teraco Data Environments has announced the completion of Phase 1 of CT2, its new hyperscale data centre in Brackenfell, Cape Town. The multi-million rand facility is the largest data centre in the Western Cape, the vendor-neutral data...
  10. Jan

    Teraco investing R6 billion in data centre facilities in South Africa over next 4 years

    Teraco spending R6 billion on new data centres in South Africa Teraco Data Environments announced that it has completed its JB3 data centre facility located within its Isando campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg. While the company could not disclose the size of its investment into JB3...
  11. Jan

    Suburbs with the fastest mobile data speeds in South Africa

    South African neighbourhoods with the highest mobile speeds New research by MyBroadband Insights revealed that Bryanston, Universitas, and Dan Pienaar are the South African neighbourhoods with the highest average mobile speeds. MyBroadband Insights uses crowdsourced data from the MyBroadband...
  12. Jan

    Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) undersea cable interconnecting at Teraco

    Africa Coast to Europe cable launched in South Africa The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable has gone live and is available for interconnection at all three of Teraco’s data centres across South Africa, the company has announced. This comes after the ACE cable put the last segment of...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's Internet traffic - 2014 to 2021

    South Africa's Internet traffic - 2014 to 2021 Internet traffic in South Africa has increased rapidly over the last few years, with the country’s biggest exchange now closing in on a peering throughput of 2Tbps. This is according to feedback from data centre company Teraco, which operates...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Teraco secures R2.5 billion to construct Africa's largest data centre

    Teraco secures R2.5 billion to construct Africa's largest data centre Teraco has secured R2.5 billion in financing for the construction of its new 38MW data centre in Ekurhuleni, South Africa. The facility is called JB4 and will be the largest data centre in Africa once it is built. The...
  15. J

    In conversation with Teraco's Michele McCann - Cloud 2020

    In conversation with Teraco's Michele McCann - Cloud 2020 Michele McCann is the Head of Interconnection and Peering at Teraco. She previously served as a Business Development Manager at NAPAfrica, the largest Internet exchange in Africa.
  16. S

    VPS testers wanted

    Hi all, Hope this is ok to post here - mods, please delete if not. Busy working with a new company that's setting up hosting clusters in JHB & DBN. The servers will be hosted in Teraco and provide excellent connectivity options. As part of the final set of tests, I'm looking for anyone who...
  17. J

    Teraco building new Cape Town data centre

    Teraco building new Cape Town data centre Teraco is building a second data centre facility in Cape Town, the company has announced. Teraco Cape Town 2 (CT2), is a new 30MW data centre facility - and follows the company’s recent announcement of a 60MW expansion of its Johannesburg data centre...
  18. J

    South Africa will be the cloud centre for Sub-Saharan Africa

    South Africa will be the cloud centre for Sub-Saharan Africa South Africa will grow to become the cloud infrastructure hub for the entirety of Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Teraco MD Jan Hnizdo. Speaking at the 2019 MyBroadband Cloud Conference, Hnizdo said that public cloud infrastructure...
  19. J

    How Teraco was started, and how long it took to make its first R10 million

    How Teraco was started, and how long it took to make its first R10 million Teraco is one of South Africa’s biggest success stories. From its humble beginnings in 2008, it has now become the cornerstone of South Africa’s hosting and Internet market. Teraco was started by Tim Parsonson and Lex...
  20. J

    Berkshire buys major stake in Teraco

    Berkshire buys major stake in Teraco Berkshire Partners LLC acquired a stake in Teraco Data Environments Pty Ltd., becoming the biggest shareholder in Africa’s largest data-center to capitalize on growing demand for internet and cloud-based services on the continent. The Boston-based...
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