IX AFRICA
“ There ' s a bit of a gold rush going on right now in the African data centre industry , so in five years time , I don ' t know what the market will look like ,” Martineau admits . “ Both Guy and I are French-speaking , so we ' re also looking at expanding into some francophone countries . There are places like Algeria , the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan , which have huge populations and huge potential for digital infrastructure growth .”
Willner , whether in Russia , Kenya , or any other emerging data centre markets where he senses the opportunities of the Big Edge , is on a mission . “ IXAfrica is the leading hyperscale data centre operator in East Africa . One would hope that , in emerging markets , we ' ll be seeing a significant jump in the number of data centres over the next 10 years ,” he reflects . “ We ' re on a crusade to make that happen .” datacentremagazine . com 79