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Teraco completes latest expansion to hyper-connected campus in Isando
Teraco Data Environments , Africa ’ s hyper-connected , vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider , has completed the JB3 data centre facility , located within the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni , east of Johannesburg , South Africa .
This multi-billion-rand facility represents a strategic addition to Platform Teraco , offering enterprises a hyper-connected , scalable platform for IT infrastructure deployment while sustaining performance , reliability , security and the widest network choice . JB3 comprises 45000sqm of building structure , 12000sqm of data hall space and 29MW of critical power load . When combined with the existing Isando Campus facilities , the total critical power load totals 40MW across the campus data centre footprint with room for further growth .
Jan Hnizdo , CEO , Teraco , said the latest Isando Campus expansion meets the growing demand by both cloud providers and enterprises for data centre capacity and enables Teraco to offer hyper-connected , highly resilient and secure colocation facilities while working towards ensuring its long-term vision of enabling Digital Transformation across the African continent : “ This investment also aligns with the support we pledged to the
South African Government ’ s investment drive and our commitment to investing billions of Rands into South Africa ’ s digital infrastructure . As the leading interconnection hub across the continent , Teraco has over 600 clients , including key networks , cloud providers , global content , managed IT service providers and direct access to Africa ’ s largest Internet exchange , NAPAfrica ; within its multitude of data centres .”
With over 200 telcos within Platform Teraco providing connectivity to Africa , Hnizdo said that enterprises are now accelerating their Digital Transformation strategies and placing a greater focus on cloud adoption strategies : “ Teraco is making significant investments in providing access to digital infrastructure that is hyper-connected , resilient and flexible . This offers enterprises the ability to scale as network strategies evolve in a world where fast and secure interconnection with strategic business partners and cloud on-ramps are a source of competitive advantage .”
Platform Teraco provides the lowest latency interconnection points to both cloud and content . With a direct private connection to all leading cloud providers , enterprises can deploy in the most latency efficient , secure and resilient manner possible . Enterprises can deploy their public , private and hybrid cloud strategies from the Teraco platform and significantly reduce the time and cost to access these cloud platforms .
Hnizdo said Teraco has continued to see growth in cloud adoption strategies making its role significant for those who need access to robust digital infrastructure : “ Our clients use the data centre to scale their IT infrastructure , adopt hybrid and multi-cloud architectures and interconnect with strategic business partners within the Teraco ecosystem . Over the last year , we have seen a 48 % increase in direct interconnects to public cloud on-ramps , reflecting the increasing trend of cloud adoption by enterprises .” p
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