In its largest infrastructure build project to date, Africa\u2019s only neutral data centre provider has announced that it will be expanding the Teraco Isando Campus.<\/p>\n
Increased demand for additional data centre capacity is being driven by cloud uptake and enterprise organisations wanting to access the Teraco platform.<\/p>\n
The expansion will occur in two phases. Phase one, currently underway, will grow the facility by 2,000 cabinets bringing the total JB1 Campus capacity to 5,700. Total usable floor space will increase by 4,000 square meters, expanding to a total of 12,000 square meters across the data centre campus. The anticipated ready for service date is in Q3 2019.<\/p>\n
A total of 60MW of power will be reticulated to the site addressing requirements for further expansion after phase one has been completed. The total power available to the Isando Campus will now reach 80MW.<\/p>\n
Jan Hnizdo, Chief Financial Officer at Teraco, says that he sees continued demand for Teraco\u2019s services given the unique business model and secular growth trends as the African continent continues to digitally transform. The Teraco Campus expansion follows on from the recently launched Riverfields hyperscale data centre facility in Bredell.<\/p>\n
Hnizdo says that funding for the build is via a combination of internally generated funds and enlarging existing debt facilities from R1.2bn to R1.8bn.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur debt funding partners, Absa, continue to be highly supportive of our business model and are key partners in Teraco\u2019s growth strategy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Teraco\u2019s offering to clients of resilient data centre facilities allows for a\u00a0choice of over 200 telco\u2019s providing connectivity to Africa and the lowest latency interconnection points to cloud and content. Hnizdo says that with the recent announcements of\u00a0direct interconnection availability to the major cloud onramps such as Amazon Web Services Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute,\u00a0Teraco has seen a growing uptake driven by the enterprise market.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Teraco platform allows enterprises to have direct private connections to all the leading cloud providers in the most latency efficient and resilient manner possible,\u201d added Hnizdo.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnterprises can deploy their public, private and hybrid cloud strategies from the Teraco platform, which allows for complete freedom of choice from a cloud provider perspective, as well as significantly reducing the time and cost for enterprises to access these cloud platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the past decade, Teraco has focused on growing its ecosystems of telco, content, financial services, enterprise and service providers. Its offering is underpinned by providing clients with direct access to Africa\u2019s largest Internet exchange, NAPAfrica, which includes all the benefits of interconnection via the Teraco platform.<\/p>\n
Hnizdo says that Teraco is committed to growing its capacity footprint across its core hubs, thereby ensuring that clients have certainty and the flexibility of expansion to take part in the digital transformation that is happening across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeraco continues to invest significantly into the region\u2019s ICT infrastructure and has built, what is now, Africa\u2019s largest data centre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe take pride in our vendor neutral offering, with open access to interconnection and world class resilient data centre infrastructure for all our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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