MTN is a data center in Midrand, Gauteng, ZA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Midrand data-center market on the ESKOM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 29.2-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
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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 market remains nascent, with only 8 tracked facilities representing zero operational MW, indicating a market still in early infrastructure development stages. The operator base is fragmented across five entities, with Africa Data Centres holding the largest footprint at 2 facilities, followed by single-site operators including BCX, Bunker One Management, and MTN. This distribution reflects a market dominated by telecommunications incumbents and regional specialists rather than hyperscale players, typical of emerging African tech hubs still building out core capacity. The DCPI verdict of AVOID—driven by excess-power scoring of 31/100 paired with constraint scoring of 53/100—presents a clear warning for acquisition-focused investors. The excess-power metric indicates insufficient surplus capacity to support expansion, while the constraint score at the midpoint…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 50 operating generating units totalling 654 MW within about 50 km of Midrand, 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.
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