MON, MAY 22 2023-theGBJournal | Africa Data Centres today announced it has gone into a strategic partnership with London Internet Exchange (LINX), aiming to explore growth opportunities on the continent.
Tesh Durvasula, CEO of Africa Data Centres, highlighted their Pan-African Interconnection partnership to explore opportunities continent-wide.
”The goal is to add value to local network communities, LINX membership and data centre facilities across Africa,” He said, adding that the ”partnership is one further step in Africa Data Centres’ ambitious expansion plans.”
Data centres are the foundation of economic growth on the continent and without them, sustainable and self-sufficient ICT ecosystems cannot be developed. This is why the company announced the largest expansion plans Africa has ever seen in September 2021, that will see Africa Data Centres investing $500M into many new hyperscale data centres across the continent.
“Building new facilities is the one path that Africa can take to address the growing need for storage and networking that are crucial to digitizing Africa and bringing digital services to its citizens,” Durvasula emphasized.
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, he explains.
”As leaders in the market, the organization is constantly announcing new builds in existing markets, as well as plans for facilities in markets that are currently under-serviced or have no facilities at all.”
Similarly, LINX are experts in their field of delivering redundant and resilient interconnection solutions at their global Internet Exchange Points (IXPs). “This new partnership is the recipe for great things to enhance connectivity and digital services in new and emerging markets across Africa,” says Durvasula.
Nurani Nimpuno, Head of Global Engagement at LINX says: “We are excited to be working with Africa Data Centres on this journey into new markets across Africa. The data centre giant has the largest hub of interconnected facilities on the continent, making it the ideal partner to serve the growth and demand predicted in the ICT sector and opening up fantastic opportunities for countries across Africa, and making digital services a reality for hundreds of millions of citizens.”
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