Cape Town Approves Two Hyperscale Data Centres Totalling ~174MW, Among Africa’s Largest New Grid Loads

The City of Cape Town has approved two hyperscale data centres that will together draw around 174 megawatts once fully operational — placing the pair among the largest new individual grid loads to reach an African electricity system, and sharpening a debate that is now as much about power sector capability as about the AI industry itself. Neither the developers nor the tenant hyperscalers were disclosed in the announcement flagged to iAfrica. But the scale of the approval alone makes the story a