The gateway to Africa’s data centre future

Oscar Lampe, Regional Director at BCS Consultancy, examines why South Africa has emerged as the continent’s leading hub for digital infrastructure investment. For much of the last decade, the global data centre conversation has focused on familiar markets. North America has continued to expand, Europe has grown beyond its traditional hubs into regions such as the Nordics, Italy and Iberia and, more recently, the Middle East has emerged as a major destination for hyperscale investment, supported