Africa Data Centres' new solar farm in South Africa's Free State will begin as a 12 MW array. It will initially service its Cape Town site, before extending to supply power to the company’s facilities in Johannesburg. Contact online >>
Africa Data Centres'' new solar farm in South Africa''s Free State will begin as a 12 MW array. It will initially service its Cape Town site, before extending to supply power to the company’s facilities in Johannesburg.
Africa Data Centres, a South African data-center services provider, has started working on a solar project in the Free State province of South Africa, in collaboration with DPA Southern Africa, a joint company of French utility EDF.
The installation will supply renewable energy to Africa Data Centres'' sites. The first phase of work will involve the construction of a 12 MW solar plant. Africa Data Centres CEO Tesh Durvasula said it will power the company''s CPT1 facility, a carrier-neutral data center in Cape Town.
A second phase of work is also planned, which would supply power to Africa Data Centres'' JHB1 and JHB2 facilities in Johannesburg, once wheeling agreements are concluded with relevant municipalities.
"Data centres worldwide face scrutiny for their reliance on grid power and renewables, and Africa is no exception. Africa Data Centres is actively addressing this issue by generating renewable energy, alleviating strain on the local grid," said Durvasula.
In February, data-center operator Teraco secured its first grid-capacity allocation from South African state-owned utility Eskom and announced plans to begin building a 120 MW PV plant in Free State province to power its facilities.
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Africa Data Centres has appointed Distributed Power Technologies (DPT) to provide renewable energy and storage solutions for its data centres across in South Africa. The partnership will initiate the deployment of renewable energy generation facilities to meet the more than 10 MW power requirements at Africa Data Centres'' Cape Town facility.
Africa Data Centres is the continent''s largest network of interconnected, carrier and cloud neutral data centre facilities, and they are continually expanding across the region through the construction of new facilities and the extension of existing ones. The new builds and extensions are in line with Africa Data Centres'' commitment to sustainable, low-impact data centres.
"Our existing data centres are being upgraded to accelerate the deployment of green technologies, within our commitment towards carbon neutrality. We are looking at making all our data centres sustainable to allow for greater efficiency and a greener environment."
DPT is already operating solar PV systems for Africa Data Centres in the region, namely the 1.1 MW East Africa Data Centre in Nairobi solution and is in the process of completing a 1.2 MW rooftop installation at the Midrand campus.
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