Data Centres

2 New Data Centres Costing $200-Million to Be Built in Nairobi

ByTechTrends

Africa Data Centres, a carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, has announced a strong expansion in Nairobi. The company has begun the development of a second data centre of up to 20MW of IT load and is securing land for a third facility. This $200-million plus investment will double the country’s data centre capacity and serve…

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Energy efficiency,key to sustainability of data centres in Africa

ByTechTrends

Access to affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable sources of electricity is a pressing issue for the growing number of Data Centre operators across Africa.   These facilities need to ensure a high availability of power to mitigate downtime, but many African countries face frequent power outages. Existing Data Centres have relied on diesel-fuelled generators to sustain operations…