Africa · data-center footprint
South Africa
DataCentersExposed tracks 40 AI data centers in South Africa — 8 operating and 0 in the pipeline — across 4 provinces, run by 18 tracked operators.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
What powers South Africa's data centers
Ember · 2025Carbon intensity
699
gCO₂/kWh
Clean electricity
renewables + nuclear
Fossil electricity
82%
coal, gas & oil
Tracked
40
Operating
8
In pipeline
0
Reported power
0 MW
provinces
4
Operators
18
By province
Where the data centers are
Facilities
Tracked data centers
- ADC Samrand CampusGauteng · Africa Data Centres
- Africa Data CentresGauteng · Africa Data Centres
- Africa Data CentresGauteng · Africa Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- Africa Data Centres, Cape Town CPT1, South AfricaWestern Cape · Africa Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- Amazon AWS CPT - AtlanticWestern Cape · Amazon.com, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- BcxGauteng · BCXMapped (unverified)
- BcxGauteng · BCXMapped (unverified)
- BcxGauteng · BCXMapped (unverified)
- BcxGauteng · BCXMapped (unverified)
- BT GamesGauteng · Apple Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- Mapped (unverified)
- Cool Ideas Victory Park DatacentreGauteng · Cool IdeasMapped (unverified)
- Digital Parks - SamrandGautengMapped (unverified)
- Digital Parks AfricaGautengMapped (unverified)
- EquinixGauteng · Equinix, Inc.
- Grade 1 classesGautengMapped (unverified)
- ICTGlobe CenturionGautengMapped (unverified)
- JB2 Data CentreGauteng · Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- MTN NewlandsGauteng · MTNMapped (unverified)
- NTT DATA, UmhlangaKwaZulu-Natal · Open Access Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- NTT Data (MEA) - Cape TownWestern Cape · Open Access Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- NTT Data (MEA) - Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)Eastern Cape · Open Access Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- Mapped (unverified)
- Mapped (unverified)
- NTT RandviewGauteng · NTT Global Data CentersMapped (unverified)
- OADC CPT1 - Cape TownWestern Cape · Open Access Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- OADC IsandoGauteng · Open Access Data Centres
- OADC RondeboschWestern Cape · Open Access Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- OpenAccess Data CentresKwaZulu-Natal · OpenAccess Data CentresMapped (unverified)
- ParklandsGauteng · NTT Global Data Centers
- Reflex SolutionsGautengMapped (unverified)
- Rosebank ExchangeGauteng · TelkomMapped (unverified)
- SEACOM Mtunzini CLSKwaZulu-NatalMapped (unverified)
- SentechWestern Cape · SentechMapped (unverified)
- Teraco CT1 Cape Town, South AfricaWestern Cape · TeracoMapped (unverified)
- Teraco CT2Western Cape · Teraco
- Teraco DB1 Durban, South AfricaKwaZulu-Natal · TeracoMapped (unverified)
- Teraco JB1 EastGauteng · Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- Teraco JB1 Isando CampusGauteng · Terao Data Environments
- Teraco JB1 WestGauteng · Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- Teraco JB2 Bredell CampusGauteng · Teraco
- Teraco JB3 Data CentreGauteng · Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- Teraco JB3 Isando CampusGautengMapped (unverified)
- Teraco JB4 Data CentreGauteng · Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- Teraco JB5 Data CentreGauteng · Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- Teraco JB5 Isando CampusGauteng · Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Mapped (unverified)
- Mapped (unverified)
- Vantage JNB11Gauteng · Vantage Data Centers Holdings, LLCMapped (unverified)
- VodacomGauteng · VodacomMapped (unverified)
- XneeloGauteng · XneeloMapped (unverified)
- Xneelo Samrand CampusGauteng · Xneelo
In the local press
Latest South Africa data-center coverage
- Data centre water use misunderstood, says Equinix as Cape Town debate growsCape Business News· Oct 12, 2026
- Big Tech or public good? What Cape Town’s data centre battle means for residentsDaily Maverick· Oct 12, 2026
- Africa joins the data centre backlash - Eye on AfricaFrance 24· Oct 7, 2026
- Continent 8 Technologies Expands Into Africa With Johannesburg Data CentreTechAfrica News· Oct 6, 2026
- SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questionsit-online.co.za· Oct 6, 2026
- Fate of billion-rand Cape Town data centre project in the hands of one manMyBroadband· Oct 6, 2026
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