🇿🇦Africa

Johannesburg

Africa's largest data centre market and primary digital gateway for the continent. Grid reliability remains a challenge, driving on-site generation investment.

180MW

Total Capacity

Active Facilities

8.5%

Vacancy Rate

$0.072/kWh

Power Cost

250MW

Pipeline

5/10

Regulatory Risk

$60K/acre

Land Cost

12mo

Permit Timeline

Capacity Growth Trend

+250 MW pipeline

Market Highlights

Teraco dominates with ~70% market share in South Africa
Eskom load-shedding driving backup power investment
New subsea cables (2Africa, Equiano) improving international connectivity

15%

Renewable Energy

45 MW

Annual Absorption

Market Risk Factors

High VacancyVacancy rate of 8.5% may indicate oversupply risk

Key Providers

TeracoAfrica Data CentresDigital RealtyVantageEdgeConneX

Top Facilities (10 tracked)

Facility	Operator	Capacity	Tier
DLR Johannesburg	Digital Realty	16 MW	Tier III
JNB1	Vantage Data Centers	-	-
JNB2	Vantage Data Centers	-	-
NTT Johannesburg	NTT Global Data Centers	-	-
EdgeConneX Johannesburg	EdgeConneX	-	-
IX Johannesburg	Interxion (Digital Realty)	-	-
ADC Johannesburg 1	Africa Data Centres	-	-
ADC Johannesburg 2	Africa Data Centres	-	-
Teraco JB1 (Isando)	Teraco	-	-
Teraco JB2 (Isando)	Teraco	-	-

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Recent Deals

Development5 Mar 2026

Equinix 160MW South Africa land acquisition

Equinix acquired 327,000 square metres of land across Johannesburg and Cape Town for 160 MW of future data centre capacity.

$890M160 MW

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