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VAnTAgE

DATA CEnTERs

First African campus planned for Waterfall City

V antage Data Centers, a once fully developed, making it Indirectly, the potential impact

the largest on the continent.
is significant. Having an African
leading global provider
of hyperscale data centre
campuses, plans to invest Antoine Boniface, President of campus could create a cost‐effective
digital infrastructure solution for
R15-billion in its first‐ever African vantage EMEA, says: “Johannesburg is myriad fintech companies and
campus. The 80MW campus will the data centre hub for sub‐Saharan local businesses. The Johannesburg
help foster economic growth, Africa due to its strategic location, campus will consist of three facilities
stimulate job creation, and lead the IT ecosystem, fibre connectivity across 30 acres (12 hectares). The
way in energy‐efficient design. to the rest of Africa and the first phase of the campus, slated
availability of renewable energy. for completion by Q3, 2022, will
A data centre is a dedicated space We look forward to opening the include a 16MW building. The design
for servers and IT equipment. A doors of our first African facility to will follow vantage’s standardised
hyperscale (wholesale) data centre our customers and becoming part campus blueprint, which emphasises
scales this up to comprise hundreds of the local community. Our first sustainable construction practices
of thousands of servers. vantage’s campus has a planned investment with industry‐leading power usage
carrier‐neutral Johannesburg of more than R15‐billion, and it effectiveness. Incremental energy
campus will include 60 000m² of will add jobs that will positively solutions will be prominent, including
data space across three facilities augment the local economy.” electric vehicle charging stations. The

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