Archive for the ‘MEA’ Category

IXAfrica names new CEO

September 21, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Kenya’s IXAfrica named Snehar Shah as CEO. ...

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AustralianSuper takes minority stake in Vantage Data Centers EMEA

September 18, 2023
Ainsley Woods

Australian pension fund AustralianSuper invested €1.5b to acquire a minority stake in Vantage Data...

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MEEZA completes IPO in Qatar

September 6, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Qatar-based data centre operator and IT service provider MEEZA completed an IPO. ...

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IXAfrica buys land for second campus in Nairobi, Kenya

August 25, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Kenya’s IXAfrica agreed to buy an 11 acre plot of land in Nairobi from local real estate developer...

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AWS opens Israel cloud infrastructure region

August 9, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

The AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) cloud region launched with three AZs. ...

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Shonfeld Engineering looking to sell stake in Israeli data centre business

July 31, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports Israel’s Shonfeld Engineering hired Jefferies to handle the sale of a 20-30% s...

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center3 completes Riyadh expansion in Saudi Arabia

July 21, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Media reports center3, a subsidiary of stc Group in Saudi Arabia, completed a 9.6MW expansion of its...

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Paratus activates Equiano subsea cable in Namibia, plans third Angola data centre

July 11, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Paratus Group confirmed the activation of Google’s Equiano subcable in Namibia, at its data centre...

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Teraco begins another Johannesburg expansion

July 7, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Teraco began the second phase development of its JB4 data centre in Bredell, Johannesburg. ...

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Nigerian fintech company Moniepoint a Google Cloud customer

June 30, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Nigerian fintech company Moniepoint is a Google Cloud customer which established a hybrid cloud stra...

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Liquid Dataport adds more terrestrial, subsea cable connectivity

June 20, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Liquid Dataport, part of Liquid Intelligent Technologies which is itself part of Cassava Technologie...

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Africa Data Centres to start building in Ghana

June 16, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Africa Data Centres completed the acquisition of land for its first data centre in Accra, Ghana. ...

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