It has been said that this quote resonates heavily when the thought of investing in the African data centre market arises. It is inevitable that Arica will have a similar density of data centres as Europe because of IoT, how things are changing, the collection of data and how important that is to the government in Africa and all around the world.”DJIBOUTI FACILITYThe Djibouti data centre was not his first project in the data centre area, but his first in Africa. “This is a small data centre in comparison to the hyperscale facilities you seen in Western countries and even in South Africa. “Data usage has been increasing, and when you have data going back and forth, you need a data centre, otherwise all that data has to go back and forth from a major hub in Amsterdam or London for example – which is very inefficient. We believe that the data centre is a fairground that allows all these different sectors to connect in a fair environment,” he added.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 06, 2019 20:37 UTC