{"id":79123,"date":"2025-12-08T10:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=79123"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:07:19","slug":"africa-data-centres-and-cssi-south-africa-partner-to-bring-expanded-data-storage-capabilities-to-south-african-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2025\/12\/08\/africa-data-centres-and-cssi-south-africa-partner-to-bring-expanded-data-storage-capabilities-to-south-african-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Data Centres and CSSi South Africa partner to bring expanded data storage capabilities to South African enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has entered a strategic partnership with CSSi SA, a leading cloud and VM provider and distributor of data storage, servers and data centre equipment. Under the agreement, CSSi SA have structured an alliance to deploy racks and provide data sovereignty for South African customers, with up to three tiers of redundancy between three different data centre footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located at Africa Data Centres\u2019 facilities in Cape Town (CPT1) and Johannesburg (JHB1) and connected with 100GB links to CipherVault in Midrand, the availability of these racks will meet the growing local demand for redundant, reliable and next-generation data storage and colocation services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCSSi SA&#8217;s expansion into our South African facilities underscores the critical need for secure, high-performance data storage solutions in an era of rapid Digital Transformation,\u201d said Adil El Youssefi, Chief Executive Officer of Africa Data Centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CSSi SA\u2019s data centre \u2013 CipherVault in Midrand, Johannesburg \u2013 will connect to Africa Data Centres\u2019 JHB1 facility, providing seamless connectivity and redundant solutions to enhance operational efficiency and ensure business continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe ability to leverage scalability, partner with the best data centre provider today in South Africa and use economies of scale which allow us to reduce the cost of data centre operations for our customers was always the key reason for this partnership, we are honoured to have a partner such as ADC,\u201d said James Grcic, CEO of CSSi SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this partnership, CSSi SA strengthens its ability to deliver high-performance, scalable solutions and significantly reduces barriers to entry for clients. \u201cWe see this partnership as unique, providing it right here in SA for South Africa,\u201d said Adil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has entered a strategic partnership with CSSi SA, a leading cloud and VM provider and distributor of data storage, servers and data centre equipment. 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