Zimbabwean IT provider Dandemutande is planning a $15 million data center in the country.

Under the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Partner2Connect program, the company will build a Tier III facility, as reported by Africa e Affari.

Other specifications were not provided, including the location. It is expected to be live by June 2026.

The company said the facility would be carrier-neutral and have redundant infrastructure with multiple paths for power and cooling.

“The data center will provide high-quality, reliable, and scalable services in the SADC region, creating jobs and economic activity, and contributing to the local tax base,” said the ITU.

The IT provider partnered with Oracle in August last year to bring cloud infrastructure to Zimbabwe. The company’s data center portfolio comprises three facilities; one in Harare, another in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; and one in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The ITU is a United Nations agency responsible for managing communication technologies and improving infrastructure in developing countries. The Partner2Connect program pays special attention to driving digital transformation in landlocked and developing countries, as well as small island developing states.

At the end of last year, the ITU partnered with the International Cable Protection Committee to form a subsea cable advisory group.

Zimbabwe does not have a large data center presence, with only one facility by TelOne listed in Harare on DatacenterMap.

Elsewhere in Zimbabwe, NetOne announced it would launch 5G services in the country in September last year. This comes two years after rival network operator Econet launched its 5G service.