The South African data center colocation market is in the midst of a remarkable growth spurt. Over the next two years, South Africa will add ten times more colocation power capacity over than all other African markets combined. The driving force behind this colo boom? The hyperscale are coming.
Can African Data Centers Survive a Deficient Power Supply Infrastructure?
Few places would seem as ill-fitted for the operation of a power-hungry modern data center as sub-Saharan Africa. And yet, African data center operators (DCOs) are doing it. How do DCOs survive a dauntingly deficient power supply infrastructure? We say they work around it.
The Transformation of the Kenyan Enterprise & Carrier Market
Our new report highlights how fiber, cloud, managed hosting and mobile payments are driving the Kenyan enterprise market. In many respects, Kenya’s digital infrastructure setup is what other African countries want to grow up to be.
The African Fiberco “Big Three”: Making the Case for African Fiber Consolidation
Few companies have done as much to transform the African Internet as Main One, Seacom, and Liquid Telecom. From the maturity of the international capacity market to the explosion of demand in the metro and the enterprise, their markets have now evolved, and so must they.
The African Data Center Rises: Colocation Demand, Supply and Business Models in African Markets
Every so often, a product sees a multiplicity of factors combine, as if coordinated, to create a groundswell of demand for it so strong that it turns into a near-tsunami. Our analysis of the African multi-tenant colocation data center business suggests a market that has inched closer to such a stage.
Why African Telcos Should Sell their Data Center Assets
According to a Reuters report, US carrier Verizon Wireless is exploring the disposal of its data center assets – and they are hardly alone in doing so. African cloud dynamics are playing somewhat differently, but we still say African telcos cannot play organically in the public cloud, don’t really need the colo assets and there is more revenue in managed … Read More