Cape Town Groups File Legal Challenge Against Equinix Data Centres, Demand National Moratorium

Civil rights groups in South Africa have filed a legal challenge against two proposed Equinix data centres in Cape Town and called for a national moratorium on hyperscale development — the first coordinated attempt on the continent to slow AI infrastructure expansion. “What we are saying is there should be a moratorium on data centers,” Kashiefa Achmat, chairperson of Cape Town advocacy group Housing Assembly, told Rest of World. “It must be across South Africa.” Housing Assembly and UK-based no