Promoted | Internet exchange points are key to unlocking the potential of a digital, connected Africa, says Open Access Data Centres.
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Promoted | Wiocc Group’s OADC recently completed a new data centre build in Isando, and Cipherwave has already become an anchor tenant, Darren Bedford and Wayne D’Sa tell TCS+.
The Meta Platforms-backed 2Africa submarine broadband cable, which is being built around the African continent, has been brought ashore in Durban.
Wiocc Group has secured a $30-million equity investment from the International Finance Corporation as it ramps up investment in fibre networks and data centres.
The Equiano subsea Internet cable was landed north of Cape Town on Monday, the last stop on the route south for the 12-fibre-pair system.
Wiocc Group has appointed Ayotunde Coker as CEO of its data centre business, Open Access Data Centres, with immediate effect.
The data centre business in Wiocc Group plans to establish 100 “edge” data centres in smaller centres across South Africa by year-end.
Wiocc, one of the original investors in the Eassy submarine cable system, is gearing up for rapid expansion in data centres across Africa.
Google’s giant new submarine cable, Equiano, which will connect South Africa and Europe along Africa’s west coast, has been brought ashore in Nigeria.
African infrastructure company Wiocc has raised $200-million in new debt and equity funding to build data centres and other infrastructure on the continent.