Africa Data Centres is a data center in Samrand, Gauteng, ZA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Midrand data-center market, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Midrand — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Midrand — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Midrand's data center ecosystem remains nascent and fragmented, with 8 tracked facilities delivering only 6 MW of total capacity across a dispersed operator base. Africa Data Centres leads with 2 facilities, while four other operators—BCX, Bunker One Management, MTN, and one unidentified player—each control single assets. This fragmentation reflects a market still in early consolidation phases, with no dominant platform yet established to anchor institutional confidence or standardize operational practices across the geography. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries material weight for acquisition-focused capital. With an excess-power score of 44/100 and a constraint score of 49/100, Midrand presents a compounded risk: insufficient surplus generation capacity to support aggressive tenant onboarding, paired with grid-side constraints that limit expansion potential. Unlike constrained markets…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 47 operating generating units totalling 582 MW within about 50 km of Samrand, ZA. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Samrand tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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