16 October 2025

Vertiv has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Nxtra by Airtel Africa to support the development of one of the continent’s largest and most energy-efficient data centre networks.

The collaboration begins with the construction of a major 42MW data centre in Nigeria, set to be completed in four phases and fully operational by 2028. Vertiv will supply advanced thermal management systems, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units with batteries, along with comprehensive commissioning and maintenance services. Its local team in Nigeria will oversee the installation and provide five years of ongoing support to ensure high performance and minimal downtime.

19 August 2025

In South Africa, many conversations about data centre resilience have tended to centre on power, but today, backup power is a given – no credible data centre provider operates without it. The real differentiator lies elsewhere, in the efficiency and precision of the data centre’s design and operations. Managing airflow, controlling humidity, building the most effective and efficient cooling systems, and planning the physical layout are all essential.

When these factors are overlooked, the consequences are serious: degraded hardware performance, increased energy consumption, higher operating costs, and potential downtime that disrupts business, resulting in revenue loss and reputational damage. Designing a world-class data centre goes beyond simply keeping servers on during load shedding; it is about ensuring they run efficiently, reliably, and within the precise environmental conditions they were built and designed for.