Implications of Equinix's Datacenter Launch for the South African Datacenter Market

This IDC Market Note provides IDC's key opinions on and impressions of Equinix's October 2024 launch of the JN1 datacenter in Johannesburg, South Africa."The recent launch of the JN1 datacenter by Equinix will further intensify competition in an increasingly competitive market. Datacenter providers in South Africa continue to expand their facilities due to increased demand from cloud providers, content providers, and internet service providers. Consequently, service reliability will become a differentiator as competition intensifies" - Research Manager Derrick Chikanga, IT Services, IDC South Africa