South African utility Eskom courts hyperscalers as it seeks offtakers for excess energy - report
Reportedly in discussion with the world's biggest tech companies
News - Africa, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
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Ethio Telecom expands renewable-powered telecoms infrastructure
Plants 250,000 trees as part of environmental progra
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Amazon signs 1.95 million carbon removal deal in South Africa
Will support spekboom planting project in the Eastern Cape
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US energy company plots 1.2GW hydropower plant and AI data center in Lesotho - report
Would be the biggest generation asset in country
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Tetracore, Huawei plan 20MW natural gas-powered data center in Atakobo, Nigeria
Will be powered by an 100MW on-site power plant
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Microsoft to purchase up to 1.8m carbon credits from Rainforest Builder in Sierra Leone
Expected to be delivered over 15 years
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SoleCrypt plans 20MW solar powered data center in Bizerte, Tunisia
Signs MoU with Schneider Electric to develop 'green' data centers across the country
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Masdar, Octopus sign MoUs to unlock UK grid capacity for data centers, expand clean energy in Africa
Will seek to identify underutilized capacity within distribution networks and develop on-site energy systems to support data center growth
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Rubicon to supply Microsoft with 2m carbon removal credits from afforestation project in Uganda
First tranche of 18 million credit deal signed last year
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Malaysian power producer YTL eyeing expansion into South African data center market - report
Would also power the facilities
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ChillMine partners with AAAS Energy to develop solar powered data center in Palpye, Botswana
Data center will be designed to serve AI and energy intensive computing applications
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Vodacom inks virtual wheeling PPA with Sola in Free State, South Africa
Second wheeling PPA signed by the telco
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KenGen installs BESS unit at modular data center in Nairobi, Kenya
Expected to serve as a pilot for future deployments
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Nigeria forms committee to power rural telco sites with renewables
NCC-REA Collaboration Committee will co-develop the solutions
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Chillmine, Energywise to develop solar powered data centers in Zimbabwe
Plan to utilize power from 100MW solar project
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Teraco inks PPA with NOA in South Africa
NOA will supply renewable energy via a wheeling agreement from multiple wind projects
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ST Digital starts construction on data center in Cote d’Ivoire
The data center will span 4,000 sqm (43,055 sq ft) and offer various services
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Teraco starts work on 120MW solar farm to power South African data centers
The plant could be operational by late 2026