Liberia to move ACE cable landing station after construction causes outages
Currently the country's only source of international Internet bandwidth
News - Africa, Niva Yadav
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Equinix opens expansion in Lagos, Nigeria
Expansion took place at existing facility, though details are sparse
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IFC commits $100m in debt financing to Raxio Group
Funding will enable the operator to double its data center deployment
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Vodacom opens data center in Maputo, Mozambique
Has seen $25 million of investment
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ACE Gabon to land Medusa subsea cable in Port-Gentil, Gabon
Medusa Africa expansion announced earlier this month
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Algerian gov't breaks ground on AI data center in Oran
The government-owned facility will provide access to AI technology for researchers, startups, and academic institutions
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AFR-IX secures $15.6m of EU funding for Medusa subsea cable expansion to West Africa
Will now feature branching unit to the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Vantage partners with Attacq for Phase II of 80MW campus in Jo'burg, South Africa
Phase I was completed in 2022, Phase II slated for completion in 2026
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Safaricom completes first phase of data center in Limuru, Kenya
Will be the operator's fourth facility in the country
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Zimbabwean IT provider Dandemutande plans $15m data center
Specifications remain unknown
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Iron Mountain invests in Ooredoo's data center unit to fuel growth in MENA region
Will see Iron Mountain take a minority stake in Ooredoo's data center company
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Tunisie Telecom joins Medusa submarine cable system
Will provide the national telco with a dedicated fiber optic link between Bizerte and Marseille
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Tlou Energy to build data center in Lesedi, Botswana
Facility for an unnamed developer will be located at Tlou's gas production site
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Mobily lands Africa-1 subsea cable in Duba, Saudi Arabia
Fourth landing for the cable, scheduled for completion in 2026
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Paix Data Centres breaks ground on facility in Dakar, Senegal
Will offer 1.2MW across 918 sqm
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Equinix's MainOne acquires Equiano capacity
Will fortify the operator's network after suffering outages in March last year
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Hormuud CEO announces plans for more green data centers
Will add to the company's existing 10MW portfolio
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CV Telecom announced tender for fiber network replacement in Cape Verde
Plans to replace 750km of inter-island fiber across six segments of submarine cable systems
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Raxio appoints Robert Skjødt as CEO
Replaces Robert Mullins
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Wingu Group launches data center and CLS in Djibouti tech park
TO7 Technology Park includes innovation center for attracting local tech talent
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Océinde launches Omega 1 data center on Reunion Island
Construction began earlier this year
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Telecom Egypt and ASN land Africa-1 cable in Ras Ghareb, Egypt
Third landing for the cable, scheduled to be operational in 2025
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Wole Abu to replace MainOne founder Funke Opeke as Equinix's West Africa MD
Funke Opeke has stepped down, will assume advisory role
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Algerian government launches parliament data center
Details have not been provided
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First state-owned data center launches in Benin City, Nigeria
Part of the state of Edo's plans for digital revolution and technological advancement
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OADC launches 330kW solar deployment in Durban, South Africa
Part of operator's wider renewable energy rollout plans
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DRC bank Sofibanque moves to OADC data center in Kinshasa
Facility launched in August this year
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Equinix drops MDXi brand for West Africa data center division
Former MainOne subsidiary is streamlined into Equinix brand