Status: Active Development / Phased Hyperscale Expansion | Location: 17 Waterloo Road, Samrand Business Park, Centurion 0187, Johannesburg, South Africa
Africa Data Centres’ JHB3 AI Data Center Campus is a flagship 40 MW hyperscale digital infrastructure development strategically located within the Samrand Business Park corridor between Johannesburg and Pretoria, one of South Africa’s fastest-growing digital and commercial hubs. Purpose-built to address the rapidly increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), cloud services, and mission-critical enterprise workloads, JHB3 significantly expands the company’s established Samrand campus into a next-generation, AI-ready digital ecosystem. The facility is engineered to support high-density compute deployments with flexible rack power configurations exceeding 30 kW and scalable beyond 50 kW per rack, while offering direct liquid cooling readiness for advanced GPU-based AI training and inference clusters. Designed to Tier IV certified standards, the campus delivers industry-leading levels of redundancy, fault tolerance, and operational resilience, ensuring uninterrupted service for hyperscale cloud providers, financial institutions, government organisations, and large enterprises. JHB3 also benefits from extensive carrier-neutral connectivity, providing low-latency access to major Internet exchanges including JINX and NAPAfrica, alongside direct interconnection to regional and global cloud gateways. Supported by robust physical security, advanced monitoring systems, scalable electrical infrastructure, and energy-efficient cooling technologies, the campus reinforces Africa Data Centres’ position as a leading provider of hyperscale colocation infrastructure while enabling the continent’s accelerating digital transformation and AI-driven economic growth.
| Field | Value |
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| Project Name | Africa Data Centres JHB3 Campus: 40MW AI-Ready Facility in South Africa |
| Location | 17 Waterloo Road, Samrand Business Park, Centurion 0187, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Status | Active Development / Phased Hyperscale Expansion |
| Project Type | Purpose-Built Greenfield Hyperscale, High-Density AI Colocation & Enterprise Cloud Hub |
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| City Name | Johannesburg |
| Population | ~5.9 million |
| Urban Agglomeration | ~9.6 million (Greater Johannesburg–Pretoria region) |
| Economic Profile | 🔒 Detailed city intelligence available to subscribers |
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