SA leads African datacentre growth
Although South Africa leads with more than 50 datacentres and projected datacentre revenues of R4 billion by 2016, outside of Kenya and Nigeria, there is a pressing need for new and efficient facilities, according to BroadGroup, a consulting firm based in London.
The development of datacentre infrastructure is vital to the growth of African economies, according to BroadGroup.
“As a result, we expect to see bandwidth costs falling in the coming years and the persistent issue of last mile redundancy addressed. With governments committed to mass infrastructure improvements, datacentres will assume a prominent role in contributing to the region’s further sustained economic growth.”
Private investment funds are underwriting the cost of selected fibre deployments across key metropolitan areas, subsea cable connectivity is significantly higher and seeing sustained development across the continent, the group says.
“With the arrival of the WACS undersea cable and proposed BRICS cable, the region is now benefitting from greater connectivity than ever before,” commented Alex Preston, consultant at BroadGroup.
“As a result, we expect to see bandwidth costs falling in the coming years and the persistent issue of last mile redundancy addressed. With governments committed to mass infrastructure improvements, datacentres will assume a prominent role in contributing to the region’s further sustained economic growth.”
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