Category: south africa

Amazon opens its first cloud data center in Africa

Post author By Randall
Post date April 22, 2020
Categories In Amazon, aws, cape town, center, cloud, data, Facebook, Gaming, gear, Google, Internet, Microsoft, News, south africa, Tech

[ad_1] Amazon’s cloud data centers have arrived in South Africa, helping millions of people, businesses and organizations to benefit from faster connectivity and viable access to next-generation technology. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is located in Cape Town and has three separate “Availability Zones,” meaning the data centers are situated far enough apart to mitigate the […]

Google’s next undersea internet cable will link Africa and Europe

Post author By Randall
Post date June 28, 2019
Categories In africa, europe, gear, Google, Internet, nigeria, portugal, south africa, southafrica, subsea cable, subseacable, Tech, tomorrow, undersea cable, underseacable

[ad_1] The Portugal-South Africa portion of the Equiano cable should be up and running in 2021. It’s named after writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, who was born in Nigeria — a likely port of call for an extension of the cable. Google says it has invested $47 billion over the last three years to bolster […]