Africa Data Centres to power facilities in SA with solar energy
DPA SA will supply 12MW of renewable solar energy to ADC facilities, partly from the solar farm it is developing near Bloemfontein.
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New demands for data centres in Africa, Teraco, ADC respond
Companies are being urged to take a ‘holistic view’ of the energy consumed by data centres, and ‘how to get a grip on it’.
2:30
Teraco completes SA JB4 datacentre addition
Latest hyperscale datacentre expansion to the Bredell Campus, east of Johannesburg, South Africa.
2:20
Alliance between LINX and NAPAfrica powers up peering prospects
Networks connected to LINX or NAPAfrica can access either exchange via trusted and mutually available carriers.
2:10
Teraco provides access to Oracle Cloud via FastConnect
The firm now offers connectivity services directly through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure via Oracle's datacentre.
4:00
Teraco’s JB3 data centre facility up and running in Ekurhuleni
The company says the new facility comprises 45 000sqm of building structure, 12 000sqm of data hall space, and 29MW of critical power load.
3:30
IXP growth bodes well for Africa’s connected future
According to NAPAfrica, the number of IXPs in Africa has increased from 19 in 2012 to 46 in 2020.
3:10
US$700m ACE cable lands and is live says Teraco
Submarine cable available for interconnection at all of the company’s datacentres across South Africa.
2:30
Teraco boosts regional interconnection with MÉTISS Cable
The Indian Ocean Islands have direct access to Teraco’s ecosystem of over 300 networks, 130 IT service providers, 50 global content providers, and the key global cloud providers.
4:00
Teraco gets R2.5bn loan funding for data centre construction
The data centre solutions provider signs a multibillion-rand loan funding deal, which it says will play a crucial role in data centre construction and job-creation.
3:20
Teraco announces construction of ‘largest single site datacentre in Africa’
Company breaks ground on JB4, a 38MW hyperscale datacentre build.
1:10
Teraco completes first ISAE 3402 Type 1 attestation
Company has achieved International Standard on Assurance Engagements ISAE 3402 Type 1 attestation for the trust principles of security and availability.