Tag Archives: data centres

  The Infrastructure gap threatening Uganda’s AI Independence Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME |  For Uganda, a nation with a young, tech-hungry population and a budding startup ecosystem, the race to innovate is hitting a physical wall: a critical shortage of Tier III data centres. While the world debates the …

From Johannesburg to Kampala, Africa’s digital ambitions are now inseparable from the strength of its power grids Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa’s digital economy is beginning to recast the continent’s electricity landscape, with data centres emerging alongside households, factories and mines as a significant new source of power demand. …

COMMENT | VITTORIO QUAGLIONE  |  Data-center investments hint at a coming shift in the AI race. Soon, if not already, reliable, affordable electricity will confer the decisive advantage in the sector. As Albert O. Hirschman argued in National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade, an economy’s true power lies in its …

Raxio Data Centre Launches Landmark Report on Uganda’s Data Centre Landscape in 2024/5 Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES |  The recent decision by International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to back Raxio’s record $100 million investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, is yet the strongest indicator …

New facility in Accra hopes to link the rapidly growing African population Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In its quest to ramp up uptake of digital services on the continent, the Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, has acquired land …

New facility will pave the way for Africa Data Centres hyperscale customers to deploy digitisation solutions to West Africa Lagos, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT |  Africa Data Centres has officially opened its new 10MW data centre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. The new facility, the company says, will pave the way …