to build a new data centre in Centurion, in Tshwane, shows the group’s commitment to extending the commercial cloud services available to South African companies and represents a significant new investment in the country.
Tullett said a data centre takes years of planning, and that this move will have been made a couple of years ago in response to market demand. “One of the difficulties with the cloud is that it’s billed in US dollars, so there is volatility built into the pricing – and so far no one has responded to the pressure for local pricing except, for the first time, Alibaba Cloud, last year.
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