Teraco Data Environments has announced plans to build another major data centre facility, this time in Cape Town, as it predicts continued soaring demand for cloud computing infrastructure.
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The world’s largest enterprise cloud computing hyperscaler, Amazon Web Services, has launched its Cape Town data centres, the first on the continent.
Alibaba Group will invest $28-billion on cloud infrastructure such as data centres over the next three years, a major effort to extend one of its fastest growing businesses to more countries.
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Africa Data Centres is acquiring Standard Bank’s giant data centre facility in Samrand, north of Johannesburg, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to the approval of the competition authorities.
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Teraco will complete work on the first phase of a massive new expansion to its data centre campus in Isando, east of Johannesburg, by the middle of the year and is looking to complete a second phase by year-end.
A US federal judge temporarily blocked Microsoft from working on a $10-billion Pentagon cloud computing contract after Amazon.com asked for the delay, a surprise win for the company.
Amazon.com wants to depose US President Donald Trump over the technology company’s losing bid for a US$10-billion military contract. The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October.
In July 2017, IBM executive Arvind Krishna walked into a routine meeting with senior leaders and delivered a surprise pitch that changed the course of the iconic 108-year-old company’s future.