Microsoft is planning to We will build a new data center in South Africa, adding Centurion outside Pretoria to our existing locations in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The new data center will be built in Kosmosdal, the same area as NTT's Johannesburg 1 data center.
“Microsoft today published advertisements in several newspapers detailing its intention to build a data center campus in Kosmosdal, Centurion, Gauteng,” Microsoft said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Microsoft is still in the early stages of development and aims to build cloud infrastructure in new regions in South Africa to meet the growing demand from public sector and private organizations for cloud and AI services and solutions in Africa. “There are,” the company said. Details about the size of the new facility were not disclosed.
Microsoft has become the first global so-called “hyperscale” public cloud provider to build a data center in South Africa. It was followed by US Big Tech peers Amazon Web Services and Google.
“We look forward to working with the municipality, local organizations and residents of Kosmosdal as we develop our data center plans in a sustainable manner,” Microsoft said.
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“Microsoft has a 30-year history in South Africa and is accelerating the pace of technology transformation and digitization in the country through significant investments in infrastructure, innovation, skills and enterprise development for the benefit of all South Africans. I am committed to doing so.
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“This data center campus represents the next step in Microsoft’s commitment to enable and accelerate the pace of digital transformation in South Africa and Africa in an inclusive, trusted and responsible manner.” — © 2024 News Central Media