In this session, Mark Acton – Critical Support Director at Future-Tech – gives a comprehensive overview of the Data Center sector in Africa. Many factors contribute to a region’s overall development but the global pandemic highlighted the vital importance of reliable digital infrastructure. At the hub of this network are Data Centers without which, business, financial and social systems would collapse. We find out how Africa is adapting to the challenges of building and maintaining these facilities and look at what is needed to enable sustainability in this region.
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