Teraco JB5 Cape Town expansion
Teraco Data Environments broke ground on JB5, a 30 MW expansion of its Cape Town campus.
$180M
Deal Value
30MW
Capacity
Teraco Data Environments, Africa's largest carrier-neutral data centre operator, has broken ground on JB5 in Cape Town - a 30 MW facility that will significantly expand the company's Western Cape presence. The R180 million investment responds to growing demand from cloud providers and enterprises seeking geographic redundancy within South Africa.
Cape Town's strategic position as a subsea cable landing point connecting Africa to Europe and the Americas makes it a critical connectivity hub. JB5 will be directly connected to multiple subsea cable systems and will offer Teraco's interconnection platform to facilitate peering and cloud on-ramps.
The development comes despite challenges including Eskom's ongoing load shedding, which Teraco addresses through extensive backup power infrastructure. The facility will incorporate on-site solar generation to partially offset grid dependence.
Source: www.datacenterknowledge.com
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