Teraco, a subsidiary of Digital Realty and Africa’s largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral knowledge centre supplier, proudly broadcasts the completion of its expanded JB4 Bredell Campus knowledge centre in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg. Right here the information centre offers entry to a spread of community service suppliers, regional IXPs, content material supply networks, cloud service supplier on-ramps, and peering.
This monumental 30MW enlargement renders JB4 the biggest stand-alone knowledge centre ever constructed in Africa, boasting 50MW of important IT energy load. The expansions consists of 6 new knowledge halls, every geared up to assist 5MW of allotted important IT energy.
The state-of-the-art facility is designed with sustainability at its forefront, due to its revolutionary closed-loop chilled water system which offers free air cooling. Moreover, AI-enabled expertise optimises knowledge corridor cooling in actual time primarily based on IT load and dispersion. This ensures industry-leading Energy Utilization Effectiveness and considerably minimises vitality consumption whereas utilizing no water in ongoing cooling, a necessary achievement given the continent’s water shortage challenges.
This enlargement builds additional upon Teraco’s South African and sub-Saharan African knowledge centre community, following the current opening of the JB5 Isando facility. This postures Teraco completely to align with the worldwide shift in the direction of cloud and AI-driven providers, highlighting South Africa’s rising position as a pivotal expertise hub for the continent.
Jan Hnizdo, Teraco CEO, says “Teraco is devoted to increasing its capability throughout key hubs, guaranteeing our purchasers have the flexibleness to scale and totally leverage digital transformation throughout the area. We proceed to make vital investments in ICT infrastructure and have established Africa’s largest knowledge centre platform. We’re proud to supply open-access interconnection and ship world-class knowledge centre options to all our purchasers.”
Key highlights of the newly-expanded JB4 embody:
- Large Scale: An 80,000m² construction with a utility energy provide of 80MW.
- Slicing-edge Environmentally Aware Designs: Incorporates a zero-water cooling loop for enhanced vitality effectivity.
- Unparalleled Capability: The primary of its variety to offer 5MW of important IT load inside a single knowledge corridor in Africa.
- Strategic Location: Bredell Campus, amidst the bustling R21 enterprise hall, guaranteeing sturdy connectivity.
- World Requirements Compliance: Adheres to worldwide benchmarks reminiscent of ISO and PCI-DSS certifications.
With a complete of 189MW important energy load, Teraco’s thriving knowledge centre platform sprawls throughout numerous strategic hubs, together with the Isando Campus (70MW), Bredell Campus (64MW), Cape City (53MW), and Durban (2MW).
The opening of latest services, like JB4, considerably strengthens the Platform Teraco ecosystem. This sturdy community infrastructure offers top-notch, resilient platforms for world and native organisations accelerating their digital transformations, providing environment friendly interconnections and guaranteeing purchasers have the agility to scale as digital landscapes and challenges evolve.
