The largest third-party Data Centre facility in Africa is under 10,000 of Data Centre raised floor space, much smaller than their Data Centre counterparts in Asia, North America and Europe. There is significant investment in new Data Centre facilities, as a number of companies aim to build a Pan African Data Centre network of facilities from 2021. Until recently Africa has lacked Data Centre Providers with a presence in multiple countries - the scene is changing with a number of new private equity investors aiming to build Data Centre networks in Africa. Additionally, due to intermittent power supply issues, many Data Centre facilities use diesel-generated power for much of the day in developing markets. DCP provides analysis and research worldwide on the Data Centre industry with reports published on Data Centre markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa with subscription services including the UK Data Centre Trends Tracker, Euro-Data Centre Trends Tracker, Asia Pacific Data Centre Trends Tracker and the USA Data Centre Trends Tracker.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 23, 2020 12:00 UTC