Growth Drivers
Growth Drivers
Tier III and above multi-tenant data centre facilities brought online since 2016
More than two-thirds of Africa ’ s data centre capacity is located within South Africa
Capacity needed across Africa
approval , started working on the site in July , and we ' re on track to go live one year later . It ' s basically an 18 month turnaround from the decision to enter South Africa to delivering the first megawatt in Johannesburg ,” Boniface says .
According to estimates by the
United Nations , Africa has the fastest-growing population of any continent in the world . At its current pace , nearly 2 out of every 10 humans will live on the African continent by 2030 , and the region ’ s population is projected to double by 2050 .
Africa ’ s population is also increasingly concentrated in urban centres . The UN also forecasts that more than half of the continent ’ s population will live in cities by 2040 , and the number of African megacities ( metros with more than 10 million inhabitants ) is projected to nearly triple by 2040 .
The combination of population growth and urban migration is guaranteed to drive digital transformation as never before seen speed and scale .
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