Absolute Hosting says the biggest challenges it faces in South Africa are power outages, their associated costs, and connectivity interruptions.
“Power costs are the biggest challenge affecting Hosting providers in South Africa, particularly as our business model requires 24/7 uninterrupted power,” said Benson. He added that hosting providers like Absolute Hosting must either absorb these costs or push price increases to customers.He also highlighted interruptions to connectivity services as a significant concern for hosting providers.
Undersea cable breaks also directly impact international connectivity and, by extension, the operations of South African hosting providers.MyBroadband also asked Afrihost and 1-Grid about the challenges they face, but they hadn’t answered our questions by publication.abandon its data centre plansThe Department of Communications and Digital Technologies published its National Policy on Data and Cloud in May 2023.