🇿🇦Africa
Cape Town
South Africa's western data centre hub and a critical subsea cable landing point connecting Africa to Europe and the Americas.
65MW
Total Capacity
12
Active Facilities
7.2%
Vacancy Rate
$0.068/kWh
Power Cost
100MW
Pipeline
5/10
Regulatory Risk
$50K/acre
Land Cost
12mo
Permit Timeline
Capacity Growth Trend
+100 MW pipelineMarket Highlights
- Major subsea cable landing point
- Load shedding risk from Eskom grid
- Growing cloud and content delivery demand
20%
Renewable Energy
12 MW
Annual Absorption
Market Risk Factors
High VacancyVacancy rate of 7.2% may indicate oversupply risk
Key Providers
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Recent Deals
Development28 Mar 2026
Teraco JB5 Cape Town expansion
Teraco Data Environments broke ground on JB5, a 30 MW expansion of its Cape Town campus.
$180M30 MW
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