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Teraco boosts regional interconnection with MÉTISS cable
Teraco, Africa’s largest data centre operator, has become an integral node to the Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System.
Teraco
May 6, 2021
Teraco completes first ISAE 3402 Type 1 attestation
These new credentials supplement Teraco’s existing PCI DSS certification for physical security across the Teraco data centres in SA.
Helen Kruger
Oct 30, 2020
Teraco welcomes Routed on ACX
The cloud infrastructure provider and VMware Cloud Verified partner has joined the African Cloud Exchange.
Teraco
Jul 13, 2020
Teraco is building a second data centre facility in Cape Town
Teraco has formally confirmed the construction of Teraco Cape Town 2, a new 30MW data centre facility.
Business
May 6, 2020
Teraco Connect Foundation grant to support SABEN in changing digital landscape
Teraco, Africa's largest vendor-neutral data centre provider, announces a R7.5 million support grant to the South African Broadband Education Networks via the Teraco Connect Foundation.
Business
Apr 15, 2020
NAPAfrica reaches 1Tbps Internet milestone
The company asserts its strength as the seventh largest IXP in the world.
Business
Mar 5, 2020
Teraco appoints new CEO, asserts position as Africa's leading data centre
Teraco has announced Lex Van Wyk will step down as chief executive officer, effective 1 January 2020.
Business
Dec 3, 2019
Teraco achieves global top 3 data centre ranking
"By colocating in a Teraco data centre, you're surrounded by opportunities to form new interconnections with business partners, service providers and networks," says Michele McCann, Head of Interconnection and Peering, Teraco.
Business
Sep 17, 2019
Teraco to invest R1bn in expansion of data centre campus
The Teraco campus expansion follows on from the recently launched Riverfields hyper-scale data centre facility in Bredell.
Business
Jul 9, 2019
Teraco's Africa Cloud Exchange offers direct connection to multiple leading global cloud services in Africa
Currently, AWS Direct Connect, Microsoft Express Route and Google's Cloud Platform are all available via the cloud exchange.
Business
May 16, 2019
Berkshire Partners to invest in Teraco Data Environments
The Boston-based investment firm has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in the company.
Business
Jan 25, 2019
China Telecom Global selects Teraco Data Environments as location for its inter-connection hub
China Telecom Global has selected Teraco Data Environments as the location for its inter-connection hub.
Business
Sep 10, 2018
Creating tomorrow's ecosystem: Teraco to expand its African offering
Teraco has now built four fully operational data centres and launched Africa's first hyper-scale facility, the company says.
Business
Mar 27, 2018
AWS Direct connect now available at Teraco's South Africa data centres
This will enable customers to directly access AWS services in AWS infrastructure Regions around the world.
Business
Dec 13, 2017
Open Access celebrates five years of building Africa's Internet ecosystem
The ICT networking?event, hosted by Teraco and FibreCo Telecommunications, is taking place in the Western Cape this week.
Business
Nov 6, 2017
Teraco selected as Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute connectivity partner
Teraco will offer access to the Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute sites in Africa when Azure becomes generally available in 2018.
Business
Nov 2, 2017
Teraco announces sponsorship to help boost Africa's Internet infrastructure
The decision to sponsor root operators is another way Teraco can support the growth of the African Internet market.
Business
Sep 5, 2017
Hyperscale demand encourages African infrastructure investment
Evidence of this investment was visible today as Teraco launched its Riverfields Hyperscale Centre east of Johannesburg.
Business
Aug 16, 2017
NAPAfrica celebrates five years as Africa's largest IXP
NAPAfrica is also one of the top three IXP's in the southern hemisphere, as well as the regional Internet traffic hub for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Business
May 5, 2017
Teraco raises R1.2bn in debt funding for further investment into South African data centres
The funding from Absa will be used to invest in the Teraco Campus in Isando, and for the construction of Teraco's new data centre in Bredell.
Business
Mar 16, 2017
ShowMax announces peering agreement with NAPAfrica
The video-on-demand service aims to reduce latency and network hops, which means faster response times and fewer buffering events.
Business
Nov 7, 2016
Hurricane Electric marks first expansion into Africa with launch of new POP in Teraco Johannesburg and peering at NAPAfrica
The company has debuted a point of presence in Teraco's Johannesburg data centre and peering at NAPAfrica.
Business
Jul 21, 2016
Telkom Group's Openserve to peer at NAPAfrica
This is in keeping with the broader evolution of a deregulating market and will assist the group in the way it provides open access broadband to all South Africans.
Business
May 5, 2016
Building Africa's biggest data centre in Isando
The Teraco build brings the total size of the Isando facility to 9 000sqm of white space and 18 500sqm of utility space.
Business
Feb 29, 2016
Access to global cloud providers available at Teraco through Internet Solutions' CloudConnect
Clients get a secure connection to Google, Amazon Web Services, Dimension Data Cloud and Microsoft Azure and Office 365 via IS's CloudConnect product.
Business
Nov 24, 2015
Open access a disruptor that drives value for customers
A shared infrastructure approach and open access are disruptors that will ultimately lead to better business and value for end-users, says Teraco.
Business
Nov 19, 2015
Teraco is interconnecting Africa to the world's financial markets
A fibre link between the JSE and the Teraco Isando data centre provides capital market participants with connectivity required to transport financial data.
Business
Sep 15, 2015
What does the data centre of the future look like?
Teraco Data Environments says the path to 2020 will provide equivalent amounts of innovation and evolution.
Business
Jul 10, 2014
Cloud on Demand moves to Teraco to boost growth plans and expand ecosystems
The move ensures that the company is able to deliver true flexibility through a software-defined data centre.
Business
Jun 4, 2014
African content will fast forward connectivity growth
There's growth on the horizon for African Internet companies, driven by a phenomenon called remote peering.
Business
Apr 22, 2014
Internet exchange infrastructure boom boosts African Internet growth
NAPAfrica's predicted growth will result in a 100% increase in peering traffic during 2014, says Lex van Wyk, CEO of Teraco Data Environments.
Business
Feb 27, 2014
This way if you want to connect to Africa
The vendor-neutral data centre co-locates more than 100 telecommunications companies, says Lex van Wyk, CEO of Teraco.
Business
Feb 20, 2014
Teraco increases investment in Cape Town infrastructure as key tech hub
The company has started construction on a third dedicated colocation data centre within Great Westerford.
Business
Nov 14, 2013
Global content on our doorstep as Akamai finds a home in Africa
The Akamai node and infrastructure will be set up in Teraco, connected to NAPAfrica, and leverage the Vox Telecom carrier network.
Business
Oct 2, 2013
Teraco Data Centre Environments co-hosts AFRINIC's training programme in Johannesburg
The training programme ensures participants practice configuring and troubleshooting IPv6 networks and services.
Business
Aug 29, 2013
Sentech shows support for open peering
The signal distributor for the majority of SA's broadcasters is now live on NAPAfrica, says Teraco Data Environments.
Business
Apr 3, 2013
Teraco broadens African horizons through link to major European-based Internet exchange AMS-IX
The connection provides new opportunities through reduced rate connections to Africa and likewise from Teraco's peering point for African carriers to its own exchange, says AMS-IX.
Business
Mar 11, 2013
NAPAfrica brings content giants to Africa
NAPAfrica announces open access for peering members to major international content providers.
Business
Nov 27, 2012
Teraco launches first vendor-neutral satellite earth station in Africa
Teraco Teleport will provide clients positions on which to deploy their receivers at the Isando Data Centre site, says Teraco Data Environments.
Business
Nov 12, 2012
Teraco launches marketplace for financial institutions to connect directly to customers
The secure data centre facility lets institutions connect quickly to their customers, reducing costs and improving latency.
Business
Oct 31, 2012
Free peering facility NAPAfrica fast becoming global exchange for Africa
NAPAfrica offers customers a visible and continuously growing network of peers with just one peering agreement.
Business
Oct 5, 2012
Cloud is reliant on the data centre
The decision to house cloud services within a data centre should involve consideration of connectivity, downtime and the ability to match capacity with the requirement of the cloud, says Lex van Wyk, MD of Teraco Data Environments.
Business
Aug 28, 2012
Data centre environments key to the IT strategy
Data centres are key to organisational IT strategies due to the increased demand of application and content access - anywhere, any time, says Lex van Wyk, MD of Teraco Data Environments.
Business
Jun 28, 2012
Teraco launches Africa Cloud eXchange
The vendor-neutral co-location space provides a secure data centre environment for cloud providers.
Business
May 10, 2012
Taking peering to the people
Teraco Data Environments unveiled NAPAfrica, its open, free and public peering facility.
Business
Apr 20, 2012
Free peering points target bandwidth budgets
Teraco and NAPAfrica introduce SA's first open, public peering facility with a national presence for network operators and ISPs.
Business
Mar 22, 2012
Teraco opens Durban data centre as co-location demand continues to rise in SA
The company has opened its third vendor-neutral co-location facility, in Riverhorse Valley.
Business
Oct 5, 2011
Teraco gets R158m data centre boost
The financing will be used to further support the company`s growth, says Teraco.
Financials
Jun 2, 2011
Teraco completes Series-C round of funding
The financing includes a combination of both equity and debt, with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, becoming an equity shareholder in Teraco.
Financials
Jun 2, 2011
Teraco appoints CFO to build large enterprise financial structure
Jan Hnizdo is a qualified chartered accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Business
May 10, 2011
Umhlanga data centre boon for Durban
The R35 million facility is set to bring local companies a wide range of connectivity options, says Teraco.
Business
Apr 21, 2011
Teraco steps up global best practice with top international facilities management expert
Brendan Dysel will manage and oversee provisioning from utilities and infrastructure development.
Business
Aug 31, 2010
Teraco powers up Loot.co.za online retail growth
The company`s data centre has become the new home for Loot.co.za`s server infrastructure.
Internet
Aug 12, 2010
Teraco lands Broadband Infraco as its latest major carrier
Broadband Infraco will offer tier one backbone services from within two of the company`s national facilities.
Telecoms
Jun 18, 2010
Teraco`s second vendor-neutral data centre goes live
The company`s second vendor-neutral data centre has opened for business in Isando, Johannesburg.
Telecoms
Jan 21, 2010
Teraco brings SA opportunity to UK hi-tech business leaders
The international event highlighted the changes in SA`s telecoms landscape over the last year.
Telecoms
Oct 2, 2009
Teraco sets sail for EMEA customers
The company will co-sponsor a boat in the Silicon Cup with Guy Willner, co-founder and CEO of IXEurope.
Business
Sep 15, 2009
Alliance of the neutrals
Teraco Data Environments and Dark Fibre Africa team up to offer carrier- and vendor-neutral services to data centres.
Telecoms
Aug 21, 2009
Teraco closes Series-B financing round
The company has topped up its operating capital with a further R50 million.
Financials
Jul 14, 2009
Teraco begins operations
The data centre operator kicks off in Cape Town, with its Johannesburg facility set to open later this year.
Computing
Feb 19, 2009
Teraco opens SA`s first vendor neutral data centre
Customers can connect to any carrier, network operator or service provider without restriction.
Business
Feb 18, 2009
Ex-Storm investors in data centre deal
They made a bundle out of selling Storm to Vox Telecom, and are now looking to make loads more out of data centres.
Business
Aug 27, 2008
Teraco secures R47.5m in first-round funding
Investors in the financing round included Marlow Advisers, Treacle Private Equity, and the Pentangle Group.
Business
Jul 23, 2008