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    US firm Vantage to build R15-billion data centre campus in Jo’burg

    By Duncan McLeod13 October 2021

    Vantage Data Centers, a large, US-headquartered data centre specialist, has announced it has earmarked R15-billion to build what it claims will be the largest data centre campus in Africa.

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    By Staff Reporter13 October 2021

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