Cassava Technologies chooses Tesh Durvasula as CEO for Africa Data Centres

Cassava Technologies (CassavaTechnologies.com) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tesh Durvasula as the new Chief Executive Officer of Africa Data Centres (ADC) beginning on February 7, 2022.

He will be in charge of driving the expansion, innovation, and strategy of Cassava Technologies’ data centers in order to meet Africa’s growing demand for data and digital infrastructure.

Durvasula is a 25-year veteran of the technology and real estate industries, with a proven track record of successful leadership and value creation in the digital infrastructure sector. He will lead the ADC team as the organization rapidly expands its footprint of hyperscale data centers across Africa, with a plan to add ten more data centers in Africa’s top ten economic centers.

“At Cassava Technologies, our goal is to empower individuals and businesses with technology, based on our vision of a digitally connected future that leaves no African behind,” says Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman and Founder. Through our digital infrastructure and services, we enable our customers to fully participate in Africa’s rapidly growing digital economy. The expansion of our data center footprint and management capacity is critical to our strategy.”

“We are delighted to welcome Tesh into the Cassava Technologies family and look forward to leveraging his extensive industry experience as he leads our data centres business into its next phase of rapid expansion to meet the increased demand for data center capacity in Africa,” said Hardy Pemhiwa, President & CEO of Cassava Technologies. Following the completion of our $300 million funding with the US IDFC and IFC’s recent $90 million equity investment, it was critical that we scale up our management team.”

Tesh joined ADC after serving in a variety of executive roles at CyrusOne, culminating in his appointment as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to that, he was president of Europe operations for CyrusOne, where he oversaw the company’s expansion into England, Ireland, France, and Germany, assisting in the growth of CONE into one of the largest publicly traded REITs in the United States.

“The potential for growing digital infrastructure in Africa is greater than anywhere else, providing a number of opportunities for economic transformation.” I am thrilled to be joining Africa Data Centres and Cassava Technologies, especially now that Africa has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing data usage regions. “I believe we are well positioned to make an invaluable contribution to Africa’s rapidly developing digital ecosystem,” Durvasula concluded.