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Digital Parks to grow its Samrand

campus capacity to 22 MVA

ne of Africa’s most resilient hyperscale Data Centres, Digital Parks Africa,
recently reported plans to grow its Samrand Data Centre campus capacity to
O22MVA. This follows a further investment of about R500 million to meet the
demands of the South African Data Centre market.
The fully developed campus will boast 9000m² of dedicated white space and is Securex, A-OSH Expo,
currently undergoing Uptime Tier IV construct certification for its first of three phases Facilities Management Expo
(in Level 3), to guarantee the highest level of reliability. The campus has already and Firexpo
adopted modern technologies and energy-efficient backup power infrastructure that
guarantees an uptime of 99.999%. With redundancy of 2(N+1), the site provides 31 May to 02 June 2022
concurrent maintainability and fault tolerance. Furthermore, Digital Parks Africa is (Free entrance)
supported by continuous shift-based, 24/7 plant specialists and manned by certified Gallagher Convention Centre in
data centre professionals who span across multiple disciplines, to cater to all Data
Centre infrastructure needs. Johannesburg
The campus has already adopted modern technologies and energy-efficient
backup power infrastructure with a redundancy of 2(N+1) to maintain uptime despite Manufacturing Indaba
grid instability.
In addition, Digital Parks Africa has invested in advanced monitoring and 21 and 22 June 2022
management technologies to create a secure environment for sensitive and Sandton Convention Centre
specialised equipment. The system improves and maintains the highest levels of
resilience and includes intelligent automation to mitigate potentially critical issues. https://manufacturingindaba.co.za/
“As a proudly South African company, we are privileged to play a part in the Digital
Economy that enables companies to succeed in their digital transformation programs. Cybersecurity in the 5G
Data centres are the backbone of the digital economy, and it is our vision to ensure and AI Summit
we play a key part to connect Africa. Africa requires approximately 1000MW of data
centre capacity, and we are thrilled to provide best-in-class infrastructure and Data 22-23 June 2022
Centre ecosystems to enable digital transformation”, according to Menno Parsons, Rosebank Johannesburg.
Managing Director of Digital Parks Africa. The Samrand campus has been purpose-
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designed to quickly scale up to meet customer demands, in line with its commitment
to grow the African Data Centre market. The planning of future data centre facilities is https://mogorosicomms.co.za/
already in progress to provide the country with the most reliable and redundant Data upcoming-events/
Centre facilities.

www.dpa.host AMSATSA Space
Symposium 2022
Saturday 23 July 2022
Midrand/Virtual

www.amsatsa.org.za

Africa Automation
Technology Fair 2023

9 – 11 May 2023
Johannesburg Expo Centre
(NASREC)
Africa Automation Fair
(africaautomationtechnologyfair.com)

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