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South Africa AI Data Center Feed

Chronological feed for South Africa using the best public timeline year available for each tracked facility.

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Feed items are ordered by the strongest public timeline year available for each tracked facility. Use the HTML page for scanning and the XML endpoint for readers, alerting, or downstream tooling.

Chronological Entries

Cassava AI Data Center (South Africa)
Johannesburg, Southern Africa, South Africa
2025
Under Construction

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 — Johannesburg Africa Region
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2024
Operational60 MW

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

AWS — Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2020
Operational120 MW

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 — Cape Town Africa Region (af-south-1)
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2020
Operational60 MW

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

AWS — Cape Town Africa Region
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2020
Operational60 MW

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 — South Africa AI Region
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2019
Operational80 MW

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 — South Africa North Region (Johannesburg)
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2019
Operational60 MW

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