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South Africa's Teraco breaks ground on 40MW data center in Johannesburg
71,000 sqm facility to launch in 2026
71,000 sqm facility to launch in 2026
The plant could be operational by late 2026
Company gets permission to connect to the grid
Expansion takes site to 2.2MW and 2,000 sqm of white space
Digital Realty-owned company adding second building to CT2 campus in Brackenfell
Telkcom subsidiary offers cloud services from two data centers in Jo'burg
Phase 2 to add 50,000 sqm and 31MW
Company seals agreement with City of Ekurhuleni, working on deal with Eskom
Digital Realty-owned company acquires 30,000 sqm building home to its CT1 data center
Over half of this will be used to refinance South African company’s existing debt
Scheduled for 2024 completion
Phase one of JB4 goes live
Teraco acquired in deal valued at $3.5 billion
Company opens 25,000 sqm facility, site has room to grow
29MW more capacity in South Africa's largest city
Africa still needs a lot more capacity outside South Africa
New loan will be funneled into construction of continent’s largest data center in Joburg
The largest data center in Africa
The company made the two big announcements last week
Teraco plans to double its capacity to 60MW
The company’s investments in the country will total nearly $328 million by 2019
Stating markets have benefited from wider growth across the country
Giving the company half of the continent’s power supply capacity
R1.2 billion to build out two facilities
The editorial team talks about AI and edge computing
The company sets its sights on becoming Africa’s largest data center operator
Move supports IPv6, IPv4 network growth in southern Africa
But progress hindered by some regions’ struggle to shake off history of low demand