Africa AI Data Center Feed

AWS has announced plans to establish a new cloud region in Egypt, marking the company's entry into the North African market with dedicated in-country infrastructure. Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world (110 million people)

Microsoft announced a commitment to establish cloud data center infrastructure in Nigeria as part of its Africa expansion strategy. As Africa's most populous country and largest economy, Nigeria represents a significant market for cloud and

Equinix is expanding its African footprint with the construction of LG3, its first purpose-built International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data center in Lagos, Nigeria. Representing a $22 million initial investment, the facility is scheduled

Cassava Technologies and NVIDIA intend to expand their AI "factory" blueprint into Morocco, introducing high-density GPU clusters that will serve startups and public-sector programs across the Maghreb. Following the South African launch and

South Korea's Naver is leading a consortium with NVIDIA, Nexus Core Systems, and Lloyd Capital to develop a 500 MW AI campus in Tamesna, Morocco, with TAQA Morocco contracted to supply fully renewable power. The project breaks ground in lat

MTN Group has broken ground on a $240 million AI-ready campus in Ikeja, Lagos, designed to anchor the operator's new Genova infrastructure division. The modular build delivers 9 MW of IT capacity across two phases, with the initial 4.5 MW T

Cassava Technologies plans to establish its first North African AI data center in Egypt, leveraging NVIDIA supercomputing platforms to localize model training and inference capacity. The company is targeting Cairo as a launch point for addi

Cassava Technologies is extending its NVIDIA partnership to Lagos, equipping its Africa Data Centres campus with dedicated GPU clusters as part of a 12,000-accelerator rollout across the continent. The Nigerian facility is scheduled to come

Cassava Technologies is converting one of its Africa Data Centres sites in South Africa into the continent's first NVIDIA-backed "AI factory." Phase one installs 3,000 high-density GPUs by mid-2025 within the operator's Johannesburg footpri

Google Cloud launched its Africa (Johannesburg) region in 2023-2024, joining AWS and Microsoft Azure in establishing hyperscale cloud infrastructure on the African continent. The Johannesburg region reduces latency for South African and bro

Egypt's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has opened a 23,500 square meter Tier III data center complex outs ide Cairo to consolidate national databases and unlock AI-enabled public services. Built with contributions from

AWS launched the Africa (Cape Town) region in April 2020, becoming the first major hyperscaler to establish a full cloud region on the African continent — a milestone for Africa's digital economy after years of enterprise customers routing

Amazon Web Services launched its Africa Region (af-south-1) in Cape Town in April 2020, becoming the first major hyperscale cloud provider to operate a full region on the African continent. The region consists of three availability zones an

Amazon Web Services launched its Africa (Cape Town) region in April 2020 — the first major hyperscale public cloud region on the African continent. The region operates three availability zones, providing high-availability cloud infrastructu

Microsoft Azure's South Africa regions (South Africa North in Johannesburg, South Africa West in Cape Town) are the continent's most significant cloud infrastructure investment. The Johannesburg region is the primary hub for AI workloads ac

Microsoft Azure launched its South Africa North region in Johannesburg in October 2019 alongside a companion South Africa West region in Cape Town — becoming the first major hyperscale cloud provider to establish full cloud regions on the A

Ethiopia's reported National AI Factory is a planned sovereign-AI infrastructure project centered on Addis Ababa and framed as part of the country's broader digital-industrial modernization agenda. Public reporting describes the initiative

In May 2024, Microsoft and UAE-based G42 announced a joint $1 billion initiative to build a geothermal-powered data center campus in Olkaria, Kenya. Tapping into the country's rich volcanic heat resources, the facility will run entirely on

Raxio Tanzania, scheduled to open in 2026, will be Tanzania's first carrier-neutral Tier III data center and one of the pivotal nodes in East Africa's emerging cloud infrastructure corridor. Located in Dar es Salaam — Tanzania's commercial