AI doesn’t run on hype. It runs on megawatts
by Matone Ditlhake, CEO of Corridor Africa Everyone is talking about Africa's AI opportunity, but very few are talking about...
Latest African data centre news, updated as it happens. Data Centres Africa is the leading B2B resource for critical infrastructure and IT professionals working across the continent, and this page brings together our most recent reporting on the facilities, deals and technologies shaping African compute capacity.
Our coverage spans colocation and hyperscale developments, power and cooling innovation, subsea cable landings and interconnection, cloud sovereignty and data residency, edge deployments and the site selection decisions determining where capacity gets built. We track the operators, developers, investors and vendors driving the market forward, alongside the regulators and policymakers shaping the frameworks they work within.
You’ll also find news on renewable procurement and grid constraints, the thermal demands of AI and high-density workloads, network architecture and enterprise connectivity, and the major appointments and partnerships reshaping the industry.
Every story is sourced from official announcements and primary channels, giving infrastructure leaders, facility operators, investors and policymakers a reliable view of what’s happening across North, West, East, Central and Southern Africa.
by Matone Ditlhake, CEO of Corridor Africa Everyone is talking about Africa's AI opportunity, but very few are talking about...
Continent 8 Technologies, a leading provider of cutting-edge managed technology solutions designed for the global iGaming and online sports betting...
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The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has confirmed the proposed approach to the first section 34 determination...
Africa's digital economy is entering a new phase of growth. Cloud services, digital platforms, connected technologies and artificial intelligence (AI)...
Collaboration aims to connect Lisbon and São Paulo and strengthen digital traffic flows between Southern Europe, West Africa, and Latin...
Vertiv, provider of critical digital infrastructure, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cybastion, a U.S. technology company focused...
With a little over a month to go, anticipation is building for the 29th edition of Africa Tech Festival, the...
By Gillian Darko, vice president of strategy at Yellow Card. The narrative about Africa’s technological future is often framed through...
By David Erwee, head of architecture, managed services at Datacentrix. Data centres have become an increasingly visible part of the...
