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Mauritius relying on sea water cooling technology
Sea water is being used in Mauritius to cool data centres as the island nation looks to become a major technology hub. Mauritius wants to supply data centre technology to customers in Africa and Asia and is relying on its innovative new solution to do so in a cost-effective and environmentally...
Business Connexion sets up shop in Kenya
Business Connexion, a South African based ICT Company has partnered with a local firm, Afrika Kusini Technologies to roll out its services in Kenya with an investment worth Sh 2billion (about $162million.)
As a major African player in the information and communications technology market,...
Neotel data-centre problem causes MWEB ADSL downtime
MWEB lost international connectivity again today, this time caused by problems at the Neotel data-centre in Midrand For the second day in a row MWEB ADSL subscribers sat without international connectivity. The downtime yesterday was caused by a dual fibre break between MWEB and Neotel, cutting...
Report forecasts 16 % average annual revenue growth for data centres in Africa and the Middle East region from 2010 to 2015
A new report by Tariff Consultancy provides a unique insight into the fast developing market for Data Centres in key countries in Africa and the Middle East. The Africa & Middle East Data Centre Report – 2011 provides an overview of 15 of the most important Data centre markets across the two...
R300 million for new Teraco data centres
Data centre specialist Teraco Data Environments intends to invest nearly R300 million in new data centres in the next 24 months on the back of escalating demand for cloud computing services from corporate South Africa. It is also looking to build data centres in Nigeria and Kenya as demand grows...
Neotel opens Cape Town data centre
Neotel has opened a data centre in Cape Town, more than a year after it opened its first, in Gauteng, in June last year. SA's second fixed-line operator invested R100 million in the two data centres. Neotel initially announced its data centre initiative in October 2008, saying it would seek an...
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