Alderman James Vos with Africa Data Centres’ Willem Marais and Malvin Meyer at the company’s development site sod-turning ceremony north of the Cape Town CBD.
Carrier-neutral colocation data centre provider Africa Data Centres is a subsidiary of the Pan-African Cassava Technologies Group. He explains the investment facilitation branch in the Economic Growth Directorate supported Africa Data Centres’ development in the metro through the implementation of its incentives programme aimed at helping businesses to land and expand in Cape Town.
Vos points out the city has also forged partnerships with “high-growth” industry organisations, such as the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative, which has supported thousands of local entrepreneurs.