SA Data Centre Report 2026

Market focus

This report focuses on global and local trends and market sizing in the market for Data Centre Services, with a primary focus on South African DC players and opportunities.  It complements other BMIT reports which focus on services provided by ICT players that are customers of these data centres (e.g. Cloud & IT players and telcos), and focuses strongly on the services provided by the DC players themselves, including how these services are offered and accordingly may be dimensioned and quantified for the market segmentation and forecasts.

Methodology

The report combines primary and secondary research with market modelling. Primary research took the shape of analyst in-depth interviews with key Data Centre Players in South Africa, allowing for depth probing around the key themes.

Table of Contents

Market Overview

  • Key Global Trends Reflecting Locally
  • South African DC Market Sizing

Global Trends and Drivers

  • Overall Paradigm Shift
  • Global Market Drivers
  • Global Trends – AI Data Centres
  • Key Market Constraints
  • Challenges Faced – by Player Grouping, Globally and Regionally
  • AI Data Centres Overview 
  • Technology Sharing and Monetisation Dynamics 
  • AI Compute Cost Drivers
  • AI Compute Industry Layers
  • AI DC Power Considerations
  • AI DC Examples
  • Trends & Challenges in China

Local and Regional Market Trends

  • Introduction & Overview
  • Player Grouping Overview
  • DC Market Evolution and Power Provision
  • Data Centres and Network Players
  • ‘Connectivity Fabric’ and Edge DCs

Data Centre Ecosystems and Services Offered

  • Technologies & Colocation
  • Services Offered & Facilitated – Overview
  • Special Case of Service Offered: Cloud Onramp Services
  • Edge DC’s as Another Special Case of Services Offered

Market Sizing and Forecast

  • Market Model – Taxonomy
  • Taxonomy Comparison – Equinix vs BMIT
  • Market Mapping – Providers and Customers
  • Broader Market Context – All IT Services
  • Broader Market Context – DC-Associated Connectivity
  • Market Segmentation – DC Services Categories
  • Market Forecast – DC Services Categories
  • Customer Segmentation – DC Player Revenue
  • Customer Segmentation Forecast – DC Player Revenue
  • Customer Segmentation – DC Services Overall
  • Data Centres and Power Metrics – Bottom-up model

Global Player Examples

Local/Regional Player Profiles

Related Research Reports

  • SA Cloud Services Market
  • SA IT Services Market
  • SA Wholesale Telecoms Market

Further information

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