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PRESERVING CAPE TOWN HERITAGE

Teraco acquires iconic Great

Westerford building

Teraco: A Digital Realty Company, has acquired the iconic Great Westerford building in
Cape Town from Ingenuity Property Investments.

eraco: A Digital Realty Company, largest interconnect hub in Africa, with over 6 300 interconnects and more than 1 000
has acquired the iconic Great deployable cabinets supported by five megawatts (MW) of utility power.
TWesterford building in Cape Town As one of Africa’s most digitally connected cities, Cape Town is a preferred
from Ingenuity Property Investments. destination for Teraco’s continued investment into data centre infrastructure in South
Great Westerford, a landmark Africa. Home to thriving digitally connected enterprises, including telecommunications,
building with over 30 000 sqm of financial services, e-commerce, logistics and retail, Cape Town benefits from being the
premium grade office space, is situated landing of multiple major subsea cable systems such as ACE, WACS, SAT-3 and SAFE. The
in the prime location of Rondebosch, abundance of subsea cable connectivity is set to continue with the landing of Google’s
Cape Town. The conclusion of the Equiano and the 2AFRICA cable systems.
acquisition means that Teraco has “We’re extremely honoured to be the next custodian of this iconic building,” says
ownership of the building that houses Jan Hnizdo, CEO at Teraco. “We see Great Westerford as the home for technology,
its CT1 data centre investment and professional services, telecommunications and financial services firms looking for the
results in the full ownership of all convenience of being located in the heart of Cape Town’s southern suburbs, close to
facilities and the underlying land that transport nodes, shopping centres and excellent schools, while enjoying access to
support Teraco’s leading, carrier neutral Teraco’s global digital reach.”
colocation portfolio. CT1 is the second As part of Teraco’s broader Cape Town campus, the CT1 data centre provides

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