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MARCH 2021

Automation and Control | Electronics | Measurement and instrumentation | Technology and IoT

Teraco’s new data centre in Ekurhuleni
The new hyperscale data centre, to be known
MARCH 2021
Automation and Control | Electronics | Measurement and instrumentation | Technology and IoT
as JB4, (Teraco has three other data centres in
HYPERSCALE DATA CENTRE the Ekurhuleni metropole) is being built within
TV White Spaces to EKURHULENI - JB4
bring affordable internet EDITOR
JOHANNESBURG the Eastport Logistics Park and will be the first
to rural communities
CSIR unveils world class Hans van de Groenendaal -
Photonics prototyping data centre in Gauteng with permanent access
facility COMING Q1 2022
The science of accurate to ambient air cooling. The site is ideally situated MIng Honoris Causa (Stellenbosch)
time
New ICT tool to fight Tel: 012 991 4662
police corruption close to OR Tambo International airport, with
NASA Ingenuity Mars
helicopter prepares for easy access from the R21 freeway. Cell: 082 781 4631
first flight
Digital transformation A closed-circuit water cooling system will Email: hansv@nowmedia.co.za
– 79% of SA companies
are fast tracking
supplement the ambient air cooling when
Africa is coming of age,
but multinationals must
adjust QUICK FACTS PHASE 1 COMPLETED conditions outside cannot support enough ADVERTISING
x16 1,000sqm Halls
x8 1,000sqm Halls
3D Printing – a genuine Largest Single-Site Data 19MW Critical PowerLoad 38MW Critical Power Load
Centre in Africa
challenge to IP
80MW 50,000 SQM 2022 PHASE 2 cooling. To be environmentally friendly is
POWER BUILDING BREAK GROUND COMPLETION Merinda Lottering
especially important to Teraco. While taking in
ISSN 1991-5047 The world connects here. Cell: 071 765 5702
cool air, the hot air is not simply exhausted into Email: merindal@nowmedia.co.za
the atmosphere but channelled to heat water and
the administration building. The hot air will also
be channelled to keep the diesel generators at the correct operating temperature, eliminating Elri Klee
the need for heating elements. Cell: 083 268 9776
The data centre is being constructed in two phases, phase 1 includes the administration Email: elrik@nowmedia.co.za
building, services and 8000 m2 of white space comprising eight 1000 m2 halls. The expected
completion date for phase one is at the end of this year. Phase 2, which also comprises DESIGNER
eight 1000 m2 halls will be completed the following year. While the project is planned in two Adéle Gouws
phases, all the basic groundwork will be completed during phase1. Email: adele@dezignhq.co.za
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