https://aidatacenterindex.com/countries/south-africa/feed/ Chronological feed for South Africa using the best public timeline year available for each tracked facility. https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-south-africa.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-south-africa.html Johannesburg, Southern Africa, South Africa | 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 https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/google-cloud-africa-johannesburg-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/google-cloud-africa-johannesburg-region.html Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | Operational | 60 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 https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-cape-town-africa-south-1-south-africa.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-cape-town-africa-south-1-south-africa.html Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | Operational | 120 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 https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-cape-town-south-africa-cloud-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-cape-town-south-africa-cloud-region.html Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | Operational | 60 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 https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-south-africa-cape-town-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-south-africa-cape-town-region.html Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | Operational | 60 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 https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-south-africa-ai-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-south-africa-ai-region.html Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | Operational | 80 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 https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-south-africa-johannesburg.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-south-africa-johannesburg.html Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | Operational | 60 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