Man sentenced to 47 years for South African cell tower battery theft
The thefts took place between 2018 and 2019
News - South Africa
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Actis-led consortium completes takeover of Telkom's Swiftnet tower unit in South Africa
Will focus on deploying towers to rural parts of the country
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Cassava Technologies brings Nvidia-powered AI supercomputer to South Africa
Part of new "AI factory" offering
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Vantage partners with Attacq for Phase II of 80MW campus in Jo'burg, South Africa
Phase I was completed in 2022, Phase II slated for completion in 2026
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Microsoft to invest $300m in cloud and AI infrastructure in South Africa
Will also launch program to improve young peoples' digital skills
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Teraco inks PPA with NOA in South Africa
NOA will supply renewable energy via a wheeling agreement from multiple wind projects
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MTN on course to switch off 3G by end of year in South Africa
A pilot to phase out 3G has already switched off the service in parts of Cape Town
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MTN Group pairs with ORAN Development Company as part of Open RAN push in Africa
The pair will carry out lab and field trials of Open RAN technology
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South Africa's Teraco breaks ground on 40MW data center in Johannesburg
71,000 sqm facility to launch in 2026
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Teraco starts work on 120MW solar farm to power South African data centers
The plant could be operational by late 2026
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OADC launches 330kW solar deployment in Durban, South Africa
Part of operator's wider renewable energy rollout plans
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Equinix launches first South African data center in Johannesburg
Phase one to offer capacity for 700 racks across 20,000 sq ft
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MTN and ZTE combine for 5G ultra-range maritime coverage in South Africa
Claims to be a first in Africa
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MTN Group backs CEO following improper conduct allegations
An investigation has dismissed claims of favoritism toward female employees
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Gold mining company Gold Fields moves to AWS
Miner has migrated SAP and treasury systems to AWS
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Five men sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for battery and copper cables theft in South Africa
Caught after suspicious activity near a Vodacom cellphone tower
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Africa Data Centres' 6MW expansion goes live in Cape Town, South Africa
Adds three data halls to CPT1 facility, doubles capacity
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Hospital group Busamed migrates to private cloud environment
Consolidates and shuts down seven on-premise data centers
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WIOCC secures sutainability-linked loans to fund OADC roll-out
IFC, Proparco, and RMB contribute to financing
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Africa Data Centres secures $109m financing to fund South Africa build out
Company to use money to add 20MW of capacity
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Digital Parks Africa to expand campus outside Johannesburg, South Africa
Company adding 4.5MW to Samrand campus
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South African gov’t says data centers should reduce reliance on the grid and start self-provisioning energy
Can't rely on the grid? Sort yourself out, says gov't
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Telkom shareholders give blessing to proposed tower sell off to Actis
Another hurdle cleared ahead of planned sale
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Google to build first subsea cable connecting Africa and Australia
Features terrestrial path to Kenya
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Several countries suffer Internet outages after subsea cable cut in East Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda have all been impacted
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Telkom shareholders to vote on sale of tower business
The deal was confirmed last month
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Microsoft Azure's March outage in South Africa due to subsea cable cuts
Company lost 3.5 out of four redundancy routes
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South Africa's MTN to invest more than $100m in generators and batteries to combat grid issues
Lengthy outages have been common in South Africa in recent years