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Africa Data Centres draws $83 million to expand South African footprint

Africa Data Centres has requested a disbursement of funding from a larger grant awarded by the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in 2021. The total award was for $300 million USD; Africa Data Centres has requested $83 million be released so that they can expand existing data centres in South Africa.


Digital Realty selling data centre facility for $205M USD

Digital Realty, leading provider of data centre, colocation, and interconnectivity solutions, has agreed to sell an existing facility for $205 million USD.


Activist investors take on Anaplan & the cloud

It is becoming increasingly common for billionaire investors and hedge funds to build up large stakes in businesses and then drive forward with disruptive strategies at those companies. Technology firms have been one of the sectors that activity investors have targeted in recent years.


iProov announces $70million in funding

iProov tripled its revenues and there were multiple days in 2021 where they processed more than 1 million verifications, illustrating the strong growth they have achieved.


VA provides data centres $124.5M USD in 2021 tax breaks

One of the problems with offering tax incentives to data centres is that the tax benefits are substantial and often ongoing for years or even decades – while the number of permanent jobs that are added to communities as a result can be quite small.