The upcoming African data centre boom
Why build Data Centres in Africa when the rest of the World is better geared for them with power and connectivity and they continue to be built at a rapid pace in these advanced markets? On the face of it – it makes more sense to continue hosting data and services in North Carolina or in Finland if you are an Africa corporate with data hosting and storage requirements. However things are changing in Africa. “ Ex Africa semper aliquid novi ” to quote Pliny the Elder – There’s always something new coming out of Africa. What now? Well there have been a few drivers. Firstly there is now connectivity between Africa and the rest of the World. Numerous submarine cables provide an instantaneous connection between the various landing points and the World Wide Web (in other words the Internet.) Secondly there is a large effort to install fiber optic capacity within and between numerous African countries driven largely by carriers like Liquid Telecom and mobile operato