Author: Staff Reporter

The price changes are effective immediately, Cell C said on Thursday. They seek to match or better recent price cuts from rivals.

US-based Vantage Data Centers on Wednesday revealed plans to invest R15-billion in a massive new Johannesburg campus on a 30-acre site in Waterfall.

Eskom will suspend load shedding at 5am on Thursday but has warned that “significant risks remain” and the rolling blackouts could be implemented again “at short notice”.

Microsoft is adding more functionality to its South African Azure data centres, announcing on Tuesday that “Azure Availability Zones” are now available in SA North.

Load shedding will continue until well into next week, electricity utility Eskom said on Friday evening.

Eskom will implement stage-2 national load shedding from 9pm on Thursday evening. The rolling blackouts will continue until 5am, the state-owned utility said.

Teraco, the largest data centre operator in South Africa, has completed its Cape Town “hyperscale” data centre campus expansion. Here’s what it looks like.

South Africa could be plunged back into load shedding as the national electricity system is under “severe pressure”, Eskom warned.

FedEx Express has completed an electric delivery vehicle trial in Johannesburg and now plans to introduce EVs into its South African fleet.

Google will spend $1-billion over the next five years on infrastructure development, skills development and other digital initiatives in Africa, CEO Sundar Pichai said.