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ICT – DATA CENTRES

Enabling digital transformation
Enabling digital transformation

across Africa

Teraco is the digital infrastructure platform for growth and innovation

eraco has completed its significant Equiano will start in western Europe and run along the West Coast of Africa, between Portugal
Cape Town hyperscale data centre and South Africa, with branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity to
Tcampus, built to satisfy the growing additional African countries. Equiano’s initial landing stations will be in Portugal, Nigeria, Namibia,
need for interconnection and digital St Helena and South Africa.
transformation across the continent. Facebook’s 2Africa cable will reportedly extend to over 45,000 kilometres with the addition of
As Africa’s largest vendor-neutral nine landings collectively dubbed the 2Africa Pearls. The sub-sea cable will directly connect three
data centre and interconnection services continents — Africa, Europe and Asia. The extension will see 2Africa become the longest sub-sea
provider, with the completion of Phase 1 cable system in the world upon completion.
of CT2 in Brackenfell, Cape Town, Teraco is
now operating the largest data centre in the Building its seventh large scale data centre, Teraco is the largest operator of data centres
Western Cape. The new facility supports the across the African continent. At end state, CT2 will house an impressive 20*2.2MW
growing demand by both cloud providers generators, 20*1.1MW chiller units and 80 air handling units. For civil construction, CT2
and enterprises for data centre capacity. CT2 incorporated 18 905 m of concrete, 2072 tons of steel reinforcement, 4 714 710 bricks
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offers highly resilient and secure co-location and 12 259 litres of paint.
facilities in line with Teraco’s long-term vision
of enabling digital transformation across the
African continent.
Cape Town, as one of Africa’s most
digitally connected cities, was a logical
destination for Teraco’s continued
investment into data centre infrastructure
on the continent. Home to thriving
digitally connected enterprises including
telecommunications, banking, financial
services, e-commerce, logistics and retail,
Cape Town benefits from its enviable location
at the southern tip of Africa and the landing
of many major sub-sea cable systems such as
ACE, WACS, SAT-3 and SAFE. This abundance
of sub-sea cable connectivity is set to
continue with Google’s Equiano and the
2AFRICA cable system developments.

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