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Who is Hardware Distribution? A trusted, women-owned partner for ICT resellers, data centres and network operators

eriinfo.com2 days ago08 mins

Gail Holt, Managing Director, Hardware Distribution. For ICT resellers and network operators, choosing the right distribution partner is one of the most important strategic decisions they can make. The right distributor doesn’t just move products – it delivers technical knowledge, reliable support, trusted relationships and consistent availability in an industry defined by rapid change and…

Who is Hardware Distribution? Trusted, women-owned partner for ICT resellers, data centres, network operators

eriinfo.com4 days ago08 mins

Gail Holt, Managing Director, Hardware Distribution. For ICT resellers and network operators, choosing the right distribution partner is one of the most important strategic decisions they can make. The right distributor doesn’t just move products – it delivers technical knowledge, reliable support, trusted relationships and consistent availability in an industry defined by rapid change and…

Hurricane Electric Expands Network in South Africa With New Point of Presence at Open Access Data Centres DUR1 in Durban

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it has established a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Open Access Data Centres DUR1, located at 3 Oppenheimer Road, Durban 4000, South Africa. OADC DUR1 offers a secure, carrier-neutral colocation environment with access to regional and international telecommunications providers and Internet exchanges. Situated…

South Africa puts data centres on par with energy, ports in big policy shift

eriinfo.com1 month ago08 mins

Teraco’s JB4 data centre in Gauteng Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has for the first time placed data centre infrastructure on the same footing as electricity, ports and transport networks, signalling a significant policy shift as South Africa attracts tens of billions of rand in investment from global hyperscalers racing to build cloud computing capacity. In…

Zscaler assets seized from South African data centres

eriinfo.com2 months ago07 mins

Server equipment belonging to US-headquartered cloud security company Zscaler was seized by sheriffs of the court from NTT Data and Teraco data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town between September and November of 2024, TechCentral has learnt. Court papers filed at the high court in Johannesburg confirm that the asset seizures relate to an ongoing…

SpaceX eyes dominance with Starlink phones and orbital data centres

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

As SpaceX prepares for a highly anticipated public listing in 2026, the company is quietly laying the groundwork for a massive expansion of its Starlink ecosystem. Sources familiar with the matter reveal that Elon Musk’s aerospace giant is moving beyond simple satellite internet, with plans for a proprietary Starlink smartphone, direct-to-device cellular coverage, and an…

Africa

Africa: How Data Centres Are Reshaping Africa’s Power Market

eriinfo.com2 months ago010 mins

Kampala — Africa’s digital economy is beginning to recast the continent’s electricity landscape, with data centres emerging alongside households, factories and mines as a significant new source of power demand. What was once a largely traditional power market is increasingly being shaped by the infrastructure that underpins cloud computing, mobile services and digital finance. The…

Musk merges SpaceX and xAI firms, plans for space-based AI data centres | Elon Musk News

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

Musk says solar powered and space-based data centres are the only way to meet AI’s burgeoning energy demands. Published On 3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his AI company xAI as part of an ambitious scheme to build space-based data centres to…

CompCom greenlights Africa Data Centres acquisition

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

The Competition Commission has greenlit Stanlib to acquire Africa Data Centres without conditions. (Image source: 123RF, created via GenAI) The Competition Commission (CompCom) has recommended the Competition Tribunal approve the proposed transaction, whereby Stanlib intends to acquire Africa Data Centres (ADC), without conditions. Data centre operator ADC is a business unit of Pan-African technology group…

Wiocc subsidiary OADC cleared to buy NTT data centres in South Africa

eriinfo.com3 months ago03 mins

The Competition Commission has approved a deal that will see Open Access Data Centres expand its local footprint through the acquisition of a portfolio of data centre facilities from NTT Data – subject to public-interest conditions. The transaction involves Open Access Data Centres, through its subsidiaries OADC Propco and OADC Opco, acquiring certain data centre…