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Teraco completes its Cape Town hyperscale data centre campus

expansion to satisfy the growing need for interconnection and

digital transformation

eraco Data Environments Proprietary sustaining performance, reliability, security and the most comprehensive network choice. The first
TLimited, Africa’s largest vendor-neutral phase of CT2 comprises 25000sqm of building structure, 8000sqm of data hall space and 18MW of
data centre and interconnection services critical power load. Teraco has secured adjacent land and power for future expansion and brings the
provider, has announced the completion of total critical power load to 36MW at end state.
Phase 1 of CT2, its new hyperscale data centre As part of Teraco’s broader Cape Town campus, both the CT1 and CT2 data centres provide
in Brackenfell, Cape Town – the largest data enterprises with direct access to Platform Teraco; a rich ecosystem of over 250 network providers,
centre in the Western Cape. The new facility global cloud on-ramps, subsea cable systems, access to over 50 managed service providers, and direct
supports the growing demand by enterprises peering at NAPAfrica, Africa’s largest Internet exchange point. Clients deployed in either of these
and cloud providers for data centre capacity. facilities can connect to AWS Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute directly or via Teraco’s
CT2 offers highly resilient and secure colocation Africa Cloud Exchange.
facilities in line with Teraco’s long-term vision of This multi-billion-rand data centre facility dramatically extends Platform Teraco’s capacity in the
enabling digital transformation across Africa. Western Cape, according to Jan Hnizdo, CEO, Teraco: “Forming a vital part of the African IT landscape,
Cape Town, as one of Africa’s most digitally Platform Teraco is an essential part of the modern enterprise’s digital transformation strategy with its
connected cities, is a logical destination for diverse industry ecosystems and open interconnection marketplace.” CT2 is connected to all the other
Teraco’s continued investment into data Teraco data centres through the diverse ecosystem of network operators in the facility, making it ideal
centre infrastructure on the continent. Home for the distributed interconnection defined architecture of the modern enterprise.
to thriving digitally connected enterprises Hnizdo says that the majority of enterprise organisations are accelerating their digital
including telecommunications, financial transformation strategies and placing a greater focus on cloud adoption strategies: “Enterprises are
services, e-commerce, logistics, and retail, looking for the ability to scale as network strategies evolve, and in a world where fast and secure
Cape Town benefits from its enviable location interconnection with strategic business partners is a priority, this is a source of competitive advantage.”
at the southern tip of Africa, and the landing Platform Teraco provides the lowest latency interconnection points to both cloud and content.
of many major subsea cable systems such as With a direct private connection to all leading cloud providers, enterprises can deploy in the most
ACE, WACS, SAT-3 and SAFE. The abundance latency efficient, secure and resilient manner possible. Enterprises use Teraco to scale their IT
of subsea cable connectivity is set to continue infrastructure, adopt hybrid and multi-cloud architectures and interconnect with strategic business
with Google’s Equiano and the 2AFRICA cable partners within the Teraco ecosystem.
system developments. Since its inception in 2008, Teraco has focused on building highly resilient vendor-neutral data
CT2 represents a strategic addition to centres. “Over the last few years, we have taken our ever-expanding ecosystems and network-dense
Platform Teraco, offering enterprises a scalable interconnection hubs, and moved beyond simple colocation. Teraco is the enterprise infrastructure
platform for IT infrastructure deployment while platform for growth and innovation,” concludes Hnizdo.

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