Posts Tagged ‘Africa’

PAIX Data Centres secures funding for Africa data centre expansion

March 17, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

PAIX Data Centres secured a $20m investment from Africa50, an infrastructure investment platform set...

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Pakistan-Kenya-Europe PEACE cable extending to Singapore

March 4, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

The PEACE (Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe) subsea cable system will be extended to Singa...

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Oracle, Orange collaborate on cloud services for West Africa; new Oracle regions to follow?

March 1, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Oracle recently agreed to partner with Orange to jointly deliver cloud services in West Africa, star...

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New CEO for Africa Data Centres to drive growth

February 9, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Cassava Technologies name Tesh Durvasula as CEO of Africa Data Centres (ADC). ...

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Acronis adds Africa locations to global data centre footprint

January 28, 2022
Philbert Shih

Acronis set up two new data centres in Africa for its cybersecurity tools and backup for Microsoft a...

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Digital Realty taking majority ownership of South Africa’s Teraco

January 4, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Digital Realty entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority ~55% stake in Teraco Data E...

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Equinix acquires MainOne in Nigeria; enters Africa market

December 15, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

We had a virtual sit down with Equinix management following the announcement of an agreement to buy ...

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Raxio building new Ivory Coast data centre; underserved African markets

December 10, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Raxio Group is building what it claims will be the Ivory Coast’s first privately owned and carrier...

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2Africa cable extended to Gulf, Pakistan, India

December 2, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

The 2Africa cable that will loop the African continent will be extended to the Arabian Gulf, India a...

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Digital Realty reports 3Q21 results; leased 73MW on a global basis

November 4, 2021
Jabez Tan

Digital Realty Trust (DRT) reported its 3Q21 results, which showed continued strength in both hypers...

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Google pledges investment in Africa, but no word on data centres

November 1, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Google plans to invest $1b in Africa over five years. ...

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PEACE subsea cable lands in Marseille, France

October 28, 2021
Ainsley Woods

The Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea cable has landed in Marseille, France....

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