It’s the equivalent of transferring more than 130 000 digital songs over the network every second.
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Teraco has signed a power purchase agreement for wind-powered renewable energy for its sprawling data centres.
Paratus Botswana has commenced work on lighting a new fibre route, the SADC Highway.
Teraco has raised an R8-billion syndicated loan and announced it will build a 40MW “hyperscale” data centre in Johannesburg.
Teraco, South Africa’s largest data centre operator, has begun construction of a 120MW solar plant in the Free State.
NAPAfrica is now the seventh largest internet exchange point globally, having topped 4.5Tbit/s in peering traffic.
The 10 largest data centres in South Africa have a combined IT load of 258MW, with total whitespace of 112 000sq m.
The Johannesburg Internet Exchange now has a peering point at NTT Data’s new data centre north of the city.
Datacentrix will host the next iteration of its iconic Datacentrix Showcase event on 22 August in Johannesburg.
South Africa’s internet exchange points are playing a key role in the efficiency and stability of the internet across Africa.