Mapping the growth trajectory of South Africa’s data centre industry

In the last couple of years, South Africa has attracted data centre infrastructure investments from big tech companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle, as well as other data centre infrastructure companies like Teraco, Africa Data Centers, and Convergence partners.

According to Africa Data Centers, South Africa will account for the bulk of the $5 billion investment expected to enter the Africa data centre market by 2026, with the country securing an estimated $3.1 billion in investments by that time.

It is curious that all this investment is pouring into data centre infrastructure in the country despite the very big elephant in the room: South Africa’s faltering national grid, brought about by national power provider Eskom’s seemingly never-ending troubles.