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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 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.

Teraco welcomes Routed on ACX

The cloud infrastructure provider and VMware Cloud Verified partner has joined the African Cloud Exchange.

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.

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.

NAPAfrica reaches 1Tbps Internet milestone

The company asserts its strength as the seventh largest IXP in the world.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hyperscale demand encourages African infrastructure investment

Evidence of this investment was visible today as Teraco launched its Riverfields Hyperscale Centre east of Johannesburg.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

African content will fast forward connectivity growth

There's growth on the horizon for African Internet companies, driven by a phenomenon called remote peering.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NAPAfrica brings content giants to Africa

NAPAfrica announces open access for peering members to major international content providers.

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.

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.