By Ben Selier, Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric
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It shouldnt come as a surprise that Africas data centre market is attracting significant interest from foreign direct investment (FDI) and subsequent institutional investors. For one, the continent plays an important role in data centre developers efforts to meet their ESG (environmental, social, and governance) goals.
First and foremost is the $3.5 billionacquisition of Teraco by Digital Realty which followed the purchase of iColo, a leading Kenyan-based platform with facilities in Nairobi and Mombasa which also serves Africas central subsea cable access point.
Another noteworthy transaction is Equinix entering the Africa market byacquiring Main One data centres for $320 million and now has a presence in Ghana, Cte dIvoire, and Nigeria, while NTT and Vantage Data Centres committed more than $500 million to new data centres in Johannesburg and its environs. Chinese cloud operators like China Mobile and Alibaba are also operational in the country, Furthermore, Africa Data Centres, Raxio, PAIX, and other pan-African players continue to enter new market expanding to theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Congo, Ghana, andCte dIvoire.
