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

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…

Energy efficiency,key to sustainability of data centres in Africa

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…