The new US$250 million state-of-the-art data centre will be Egypt’s first hyperscale data centre and will be built at the Maadi Technology Park, Egypt’s first specialised investment zone. Amr Aboualam, Chairman of Maadi Technology Park to secure land at Maadi Technology Park for the new data centre. The goal is to add value to local network communities, LINX membership and data centre facilities across Africa. This is why the company announced the largest expansion plans Africa has ever seen in September 2021, that will see Africa Data Centres investing US$500 million into many new hyperscale data centres across the continent. Africa Data Centres is Africa’s largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities and currently services nine facilities in six countries.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 23, 2023 08:28 UTC