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Vantage Data Centers expands to Africa with a R15-billion

flagship Johannesburg campus in the continent’s largest
data centre market in Waterfall City.

campus will be powered by its own, developers of Waterfall City, Attacq facilities across the globe, and we
on‐site, high voltage substation. is working with vantage to build a are excited to meet this demand by
campus that is tailored to meet the expanding to Africa’s largest market.
Attacq Limited (Attacq), the JSE organisation’s global requirements With our global expansion across
listed REIT and developer of Waterfall while still leveraging Waterfall’s unique five continents in just two and a half
City and the Waterfall Logistics capacity to scale its tenant footprints years, we have become one of the
Hub, is partnering with vantage according to evolving company and fastest‐growing hyperscale data centre
to develop a campus tailored to market demand. We are thrilled to have providers in the world,” he says.
meet the requirements of vantage’s vantage Data Centers join our precinct,
global campus blueprint. Attacq and we look forward to welcoming From its initial uS roots, vantage first
CEO, Jackie van Niekerk says: “With a them as a member of our community.” moved into two Canadian markets
scalable, fit‐for‐future logistics hub in early 2019 before expanding to
and a world‐class corporate campus, Sureel Choksi, President and CEO, six European markets in 2020 and
Waterfall City has an established vantage Data Centers, concludes five in the Asia Pacific in 2021.
track record of attracting leading that vantage is excited about its first
international businesses such as African venture. “vantage has seen www.vantage‐dc.com
BMW, PwC, Massbuild, Cotton On strong demand from our customers
and Cummins to the precinct. As the for high quality, hyperscale data centre

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