Africa Data Centres has signed a deal with fibre optic cable infrastructure provider Oni-Tel to improve performance and expand connectivity options within its facilities.
Africa Data Centres is part of Cassava Technologies and we’re told it operates the continent’s largest interconnected, vendor- and cloud-neutral data centre platform. The deal will involve Oni-Tel Fibre Networks strengthening connectivity across its Gauteng facilities, and hooking up Africa Data Centres’ Midrand and Samrand campuses through its Infinity fibre interconnection platform.
“Purpose-built for data centre interconnectivity on a resilient network with direct access to Gauteng’s key data centre hubs, this provides customers with fast, high-capacity bandwidth and secure, carrier-grade performance, supporting the levels of uptime required in today’s data-driven environments,” states the release.
The deal is supposed to strengthen its service portfolio by improving performance and expanding connectivity options within its facilities, while customers apparently get greater interconnection choice, high-availability architecture, “seamless” bandwidth, and the ability to scale as infrastructure requirements grow.
Africa Data Centres operates interconnection hubs across Africa, serving enterprises, cloud service providers, financial institutions, mobile network operators, fixed network operators, and other users. The addition of Oni-Tel’s dark fibre solution is specifically about expanding the range of carrier-neutral options available to Gauteng customers, promising improved network speed and performance, we’re told.
“As enterprises accelerate cloud adoption, AI deployment, and data-intensive workloads, they need dependable, scalable connectivity within trusted local data centres,” said Adil El Youssefi, CEO of Africa Data Centres. “By partnering with Oni-Tel, we’re giving our customers access to enhanced fibre infrastructure that supports their growth and innovation, while maintaining secure, enterprise-grade environments for businesses navigating South Africa’s digital economy.”
Ellisha Gobind, Chief Commercial Officer at Oni-Tel added: “Our partnership with Africa Data Centres enables us to deliver our premium fibre interconnection solution into some of the most strategically important data centre hubs in Gauteng. Through Infinity, customers benefit from ultra-low latency connectivity, scalable capacity, and secure, carrier-grade infrastructure designed to keep their businesses ahead in an extremely competitive digital landscape.”
Late last year, figures from Dell’Oro estimated global revenue for the data centre server and storage sector rose 40% year-on-year in Q3, as demand for AI accelerators had a trickle-down effect on related components including high bandwidth memory (HBM), back-end network interface cards (NICs), and data storage drives.
