People trying to block data centres in South Africa are not cute
Paul Theron, the founder and CEO of Vestact, said people opposing the development of data centres were just jumping on a bandwagon.
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Paul Theron, the founder and CEO of Vestact, said people opposing the development of data centres were just jumping on a bandwagon.
PlayStation owners worldwide have reported problems logging into Sony’s servers and launching many games as their weekends begin.
The approval from the City of Cape Town for Equinix to build data centres in the city that will use approximately 12 million litres of water per day has met backlash from social justice groups.
JSE-listed iOCO has announced the acquisition of Astraia Technologies, a cloud-based ERP service provider.
While a recent Rain website change has ruffled some feathers, the popular cloud game streaming service is sticking around.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has doubled down on South Africa’s plans to invest in its own cloud infrastructure and reduce its reliance on players like AWS, Google, and Microsoft.
Several South African hosting providers and other Internet infrastructure companies were knocked offline due to sustained Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
Many South African businesses are still running critical workloads on outdated, power-hungry hardware that struggles to support modern applications and lacks protection against firmware-level threats.
Axxess has acquired Johannesburg-based web hosting company Absolute Hosting as part of its plan to grow its hosting business in South Africa.
Acting CEO at Business Connexion, Hasnain Motlekar, details the Telkom-owned company’s strategy to support clients in 2026.