SA Data Centre Report 2025

 

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

Global Trends

  • Global Market Drivers
  • Challenges Faced – by Player Grouping, Globally and Regionally
  • Global Trends & Drivers – AI Data Centres
  • AI DC Power Considerations
  • AI DC Examples
  • Trends & Challenges in China

Local and Regional Market Trends

  • Regional Trends – Overview
  • Local Trends – DC Market Evolution and Power Provision
  • Data Centres and Network Players
  • ‘Connectivity Fabric’ and Edge DCs

Data Centre Ecosystems and Services Offered

  • Market Sizing and Forecast
  • Market Model – Taxonomy
  • Market Mapping – Providers and Customers
  • Broader Market Context – All IT Services
  • Broader Market Context – Telecoms services associated with DCs
  • 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 – Bottom-up model

Global Player Examples

  • Data Centre Industry Landscape
  • Global DC-focused Players including REITs, InfraCo’s and CDNs
  • Equinix
  • NTT GTSS & GDC
  • IBM Cloud Data Centres

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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