Increasing use of social media, Enhanced Telecommunication Services and Low-Cost Setup had driven South Africa Hyperscale Data Centre Market: Ken Research
Internet traffic growth: In South Africa, Internet has grown by a double digit, from 2016 to 2021, with a record increase Petabytes used of internet traffic per day in 2021. Most data centers in the region are working to drive down energy consumption to advance sustainability in their centers and decrease costs.
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Increasing Competition: Teraco, AWS, and Africa Data Centres among others were the major players operating in the ecosystem as of 2022. Teraco started a new hyperscale data center with 38MW of critical power load in Ekurhuleni, South Africa. Teraco Cape Town data center campus in Isando, this facility is the second-largest on the continent. With the increasing competition, Companies are adopting new technologies like cloud computing such as public cloud platforms like SaaS, PaaS and IaaS and competing majorly on power, cooling, security and compliance, connectivity, room design, amenities, sustainability, safety and preventive maintenance.
Protection of Public Information Act (POPIA): Government’s POPIA Act enforced in 2021, aims to establish eight minimum requirements for data processing, creation of broad definition of personal information for comprehensive end-user protection, and formation of the Information Regulator (IR) as lead enforcer and supervisor of law. The eight minimum requirements for data processing includes limiting use & processing, information quality, security and compliance with regulation among others to enable a creation of safe data storage ecosystem, which contributes in the development of hyperscale data center market
Hyperscale Data Centers Investments: Increasing cloud workloads have influenced companies like Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple to invest huge sums, in a single campus to bring out the utmost efficiency. Teraco, Africa Data Centers and Dimension Data dominated the Hyperscale Data Center Market in South Africa.
Rising Social Media Awareness: Social media usage increased in double digits due to complete lockdown of the economy which resulted in the increased consumption of online content. Coupled with that, increasing internet penetration rate in between 2017 and 2022, resulted in heavy internet traffic, positively impacting the hyperscale data center market.
Analysts at Ken Research in their latest publication “South Africa Hyperscale Data Centers Markets – Driven by the growing adoption of remote work and surging demand of cloud computing solutions by Ken Research observed that Hyperscale Data Centers market is an emergent market in South Africa at a growing stage even during the pandemic as well. The rising of digitization and quality telecommunication services, along with the reducing Setup Cost, is expected to contribute to the market growth over the forecast period. The South Africa Hyperscale Data Centers Market is expected to see high growth rate over the forecasted period 2022-2027F.
Key Segments Covered
South Africa Hyperscale Data Center Market:
- By Data Center Size (by Revenue), 2022 & 2027:
- Large Sized
- Small & Medium Sized
- By Industry Users (by Revenue), 2022 & 2027:
- IT
- Telecom
- Government
- Others
- By Solutions Provided (by Revenue), 2022 & 2027:
- Network
- Storage
- Servers
- Others
- By End Users (by Revenue), 2022 & 2027:
- Cloud Providers
- Enterprises
- Others
Key Target Audience
- Data Centers Service Providers
- Telecom Companies
- Governments
- Cloud Providers
- Information Technology Companies
- Telecommunication Service Providers
- Enterprises
Time Period Captured in the Report:
- Historical Period: 2017-2022
- Base Year: 2022
- Forecast Period: 2022– 2027F
Companies Covered:
- Teraco
- Africa Data Centers
- Dimension Data
- Vantage Data Centers
- Amazon Web Services
Key Topics Covered in the Report:
- South Africa Hyperscale Data Centers Overview
- Internet Penetration in South Africa
- Cross Comparison of Data Center Market in South Africa with Other Countries
- Ecosystem of Hyperscale Data Center Industry in South Africa
- Business Cycle of Hyperscale Data Center Market in South Africa
- Construction of Hyperscale Data Centre
- Features of Hyperscale Data Center Facilities
- Data Center Trends Driving Digital Transformation
- Market Segmentation of Hyperscale Data Center Industry in South Africa
- Porter Five Forces Analysis: South Africa Hyperscale Data Center Market
- Growth Drivers of South Africa Hyperscale Data Center Market
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Key Investments in South Africa Hyperscale Data Center Market
- Issues and Challenges in South Africa Hyperscale Data Center Market
- Demand Analysis
- Competitive Landscape
- Future Market Size of Hyperscale Data Center Industry in South Africa
- Future Market Segmentation by Companies of Data Centers
- Future Market Segmentation by Data Center Size
- Future Market Segmentation by Industry Users
- Future Market Segmentation by Solutions Provided
- Future Market Segmentation by End Users
- Analyst Recommendations
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