Construction Magazine September 2017 | Page 131

AFRICA

EAST AFRICA DATA CENTRE is the most connected data centre space in East Africa .

Its challenge is to continue to innovate and meet changing market demand

DAN KWACH GM of EADC

As the first commercial and carrier neutral facility built in Eastern Africa , at 2,000sqm , East Africa Data Centre ( EADC ) remains the largest data centre in the region .

The data centre market in Africa is growing as IT becomes an enabler for businesses to improve efficiency and introduce automation across their operations .
This has seen major cloud and content players turn their attentions towards data centre providers in Africa . These include the likes of Microsoft , which has recently added data centre space in South Africa to host Microsoft Cloud as a direct response to market demand .
Watching over this trend is the General Manager of EADC , Dan Kwach , who believes EADC is strongly positioned to meet the growing demand for data centre space in Africa .
“ Currently , larger data service and cloud providers
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