Africa Datacenter Trends
Africa Datacenter Trends
Datacenter trend intelligence tracks data centre market trends, AI-driven capacity demand, power availability, colocation growth, interconnection strategy, and regional campus investment in Africa, giving readers a fuller view of the demand shifts, capacity constraints, platform strategies, capital timing, regulatory pressure, and operating assumptions behind the market.
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Kenya’s data-centre licence hinges on who already holds a network permit
Kenya’s September 2026 consultation would create a separate licence for co-location data centres, yet exempt an operator that already holds a Network Facilities Provider or Application Service Provider licence. That makes the proposal’s most consequential boundary the identity…
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Digital Parks Africa plans Lagos data centre
Digital Parks Africa has announced NDC1 in Lagos and engaged Uptime Institute for a Tier IV assessment, but no certification, capacity or opening date has been disclosed.
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Cape Town data-centre approval faces appeal
Campaigners are appealing approval for two proposed Cape Town data centres as questions over zoning, water, and electricity remain unresolved.
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NDC1's next sale is a defined slice of capacity
Digital Parks Africa's Lagos project puts an exacting question to future customers: which part of a proposed facility can safely anchor a migration commitment?
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TNM's 52-rack purchase faces two different demand tests
The Kanengo handover gives TNM room for its own systems and an enterprise hosting business. Its earlier acquisition disclosure makes the distinction important: this was not a purchase of an established data-centre profit stream.
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Egypt's AI factory needs its own price tag
Vodafone Business and Cassava are promising locally hosted AI computing. The surrounding investment figures do not yet tell a customer what capacity is available, what it costs or who carries the delivery risk.
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MPT tests data-centre systems before site deployment
Master Power Technologies is using its Midrand testing centre to validate power and cooling systems before they are installed in African data centres.
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Digital Realty opens 6.4MW Nairobi data centre
NBO2 adds 6.4MW of capacity beside Digital Realty's existing Nairobi facility and an established Kenya Internet Exchange location.
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MTN and Al Ashram plan 150MW of African AI data centres
Africa Data Hub Holding will initially target South Africa and Nigeria, with MTN saying land purchases and power negotiations are already under way.
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What AS37599 Records About Teraco—and What It Cannot Prove
What AS37599 Records About Teraco—and What It Cannot Prove intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may follow. The Africa…
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Africa's Digital Ambition Faces a Power Challenge
Reliable electricity is becoming the defining constraint on Africa's digital infrastructure ambitions, even as investment in data centres, fibre networks and AI infrastructure accelerates across the continent.
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Eaton powers Kasi’s Africa hyperscale push
Eaton is supporting Kasi’s Africa hyperscale data centre push with grid-to-chip power systems designed for AI-ready capacity.
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Africa Data Centres boosts SA connectivity with Oni-Tel
Africa Data Centres partners Oni-Tel to deploy dark fibre and boost connectivity across South Africa’s data centre hubs.
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LINX Accra goes live at Digital Realty’s ACR2 data centre
LINX Accra is now live in Ghana, hosted at Digital Realty’s ACR2 data centre, with questions remaining over uptake and impact.
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Odua Telecoms expands broadband services in Nigeria
Odua Telecoms provides broadband, colocation, and hybrid power services, supporting Nigeria’s expanding digital economy.
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Digital Realty expands Lagos footprint with third data centre
Digital Realty opens third Lagos data centre, boosting Nigeria’s digital economy with capacity, connectivity, and subsea links.
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Ooredoo opens Salalah data centre and cable station in Oman
Ooredoo launches a tier-3 data centre and cable landing station in Salalah, Oman, linking Asia, Europe and Africa.
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PAIX Data Centres powers Africa’s neutral colocation in Kenya
PAIX Data Centres Kenya offers carrier-neutral colocation and local peering to support Nairobi’s digital growth.
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Djibouti Data Center becomes key interconnection hub for Africa
Djibouti Data Center boosts Africa’s digital reach as Sparkle makes it new IP hub for intercontinental traffic.
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Télédiffusion d’Algérie: Driving Algeria’s digital broadcast evolution
TDA leads Algeria’s broadcast and digital infrastructure, expanding satellite, internet, and datacentre services amid digital challenges.