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THE STANDARD By
Fredrick Obura |
February 15th 2021 at 07:15:00 GMT +0300
Data centers are the heart of our online world. They store the data and increasingly they host the applications that we use to work, shop, and bank, and entertain ourselves.
According to market research company Gartner, the global data center market size is poised to hit US$200 billion by 2021.
Africa data center market size is expected to cross $3 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 12 per cent during the forecast period.
The Africa data center industry has witnessed a steady interest from major global cloud service providers such as AWS and Microsoft, along with Huawei over the last five years.