Government has pitched offshore wind as a way to power Cape Town’s growing AI data centre industry, but the laws and regulations required do not yet exist and the costs are enormous. The department of electricity & energy on Thursday published a strategic framework for offshore wind development, identifying about 95GW of technical potential along…
Cape Town will begin a cashless transactions pilot at three driving licence testing centres. (Image source: iStock) The City of Cape Town is shifting its cashless payments initiative to three of its driving licence testing centres (DLTCs). Come 1 October, the city will pilot cashless transactions at the DLTCs located at Brackenfell, Fish Hoek and…
Why people hate repeating themselves: The psychology of contact centres. There are few phrases in customer service that can change the emotional temperature of a conversation as quickly as: “Can you explain the issue again?” It sounds harmless and sometimes it is even necessary. Yet for the customer, the request can feel like far more…
Benoit Tessier/Reuters Municipal authorities in Cape Town have approved Equinix’s proposal to develop two data centres in the city, despite objections from activist groups over the project’s water use, electricity demand and environmental impact. The decision marks a significant step forward for the US-listed company and its planned development in the King Air Industria area,…
Raxio Group, Africa’s most expansive data centre platform, surpassed US$380 million in committed capital as shareholders Meridiam and Roha increased their support for the company’s next phase of growth following a sixfold surge in contracted capacity this year. The additional equity from Roha and Meridiam extends Raxio’s capital base from a previous US$350 million, building…
Microsoft and G42’s planned digital investment in Kenya has become a case study in how large infrastructure deals can run into challenges tied to power availability, policy direction, and public interest. Unveiled in 2024, the proposed $1 billion-plus investment led by G42 and partners centered on a green data centre in Olkaria powered by geothermal…
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…
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, 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…
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…
