Africa Data Centre, JHB2
The Africa Data Centres' purpose-built flagship Tier IV facility in Johannesburg, known as the Samrand Data Centre, provides top-tier security and reliability, making it ideal for demanding financial service organizations and is trusted by two of South African's large banks. JHB2 data centre boasts complete redundancy in power and cooling components, robust physical security, and seamless scalability for future expansion. As with all Africa Data Centres, the Johannesburg facility operates on a fully carrier- and cloud-neutral basis.
Direct access to JINX Internet Exchange.
Datasheet DownloadTeraco Isando, JB1
Strategically located in Ekurhuleni, the greater Johannesburg Metropol’s trade and industry hub, the Isando Campus is strategically positioned to serve the local and African market as the connectivity and interconnection hub for cloud, content, and connectivity. Teraco’s Isando Campus provides the cloud on-ramps for Amazon, Google, Huawei, Microsoft’s Azure, Oracle Cloud.
Direct access to NAPAfrica & JINX Internet Exchanges, 250+ ISPs and CDN Providers.
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Xneelo, JHB1
Xneelo's data centre, established in 2013, ensures robust connectivity by utilizing diverse and redundant fibre routes linked to a 10Gbps fibre ring. The facility maintains multi-homing through EOH-NS, Metrofibre Networx, JINX, and NAPAfrica.
For continuous operation, the data centre employs a 2N fully redundant power system with physically-separated A+B feeds. In the event of utility power loss, the facility can operate indefinitely thanks to diesel generators. To support this, the data centre can store up to 53,000 litres of fuel, with a proactive refueling strategy in place to ensure tanks are replenished well before depletion.
Africa Data Center, CPT1
State-of-the-art, carrier-neutral data center in Cape Town addresses the increasing demand for cloud-based services in Southern Africa.
The current facility offers 1,800 square meters of secure rack space with 5.5 MW of power. Over 6,000 square meters and 25 MW of power capacity.
This data centre hosts large Hyperscaler Clients Connected through fiber routes of major carriers, the center hosts internet exchanges independently operated by INX-ZA facilitating quick and cost-effective peering among connected members in different data centers.
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Teraco, CT1
Located in the commercial heart of Rondebosch, Cape Town – Teraco’s first vendor-neutral colocation facility, CT1, set the benchmark for service delivery and the guaranteed 99.999% uptime environmental design methodology employed by Teraco in all its subsequent facilities. 5MVA Power Capacity, N+1 Cooling and N+1 UPS Redundancy. 99.999% Uptime
Direct access to NAPAfrica & CINX Internet Exchanges, Many ISPs and CDN providers.
Datasheet DownloadNTT, CPT2
Purpose-built and shared with Sanlam. This Datacentre is located underground in the Sanlam head office (Belville) and Houses multiple financial service clients managed by NTT.
Built in line with TIA-942 Tier 3 design principles and offers 5 Data halls, Full Power redundancy & fire suppression and 24/7 security. The DC is Connected via major fiber routes of many carriers.
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Each data centre site conforms to industry benchmarks and ISO 27000 Compliance standards.
What Are Data Center Tiers and why are they important?
Rackzar offers hosting servers from Tier 3 and Tier 4 data centers throughout South Africa. These facilities mark the highest standard for data centers in South Africa. All components are supported by two generators, two UPS systems, and two cooling systems.
Each path is independent of the other, meaning that a single failure in one will not cause a domino effect with other components, as is the case with lower tiers.
Tier 4 data centers have power outage protection for 96 hours, and this power must not be connected to any external source and must be independent. This is referred to as "fault tolerance" —a capability that means that in the event of a system failure, IT operations aren’t affected in any way.
| PARAMETERS | TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TIER 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptime Guarantee | 99.671% | 99.741% | 99.982% | 99.995% |
| Downtime Per Year | <28.8 hours | <22 hours | <1.6 hours | <26.3 minutes |
| Component Redundancy | None | Partial N+1 | Full N+1 | Fault tolerant (2N or 2N+1) |
| Concurrently Maintainable | No | No | Partially | Yes |
| Price | $ | $$ | $$$ | $$$$ |
| Power Outage Protection | N/A | N/A | 72 Hours | 96 Hours |
| Onsite Staffing | N/A | 1 Shift | 1+ Shift | 24/7/365 |
Choose from two South African Regions
With Strategic locations in major SA metropolitan areas our hosting facilities built using the latest technology.
Maximum Physical Security
Rest assured our data centres sites are protected by industry leading security practices and fully manned 24/7/365 by onsite personal. All sites are protected by bio-metric scanners and undergo annual compliance audits to ensure systems are being adhered too.
Before you may enter the facilities, you must pass two-factor authentication with biometrics to continue moving through the datacentre. If your identity is validated, you can enter only the portion of the datacentre that you have approved access to.
High Availability Redundant Systems
All facilities have redundant power backup to enable the data centre to continue to run without power from our national supplier. Using both UPS and diesel generators protects the datacentre from power outages (Load-Shedding) experienced in South Africa.
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