- A partnership has just been signed between DPA Southern Africa (DPA SA) and Africa Data Centre (ADAC).
- The agreement covers the supply of 12 MW of solar photovoltaic energy to power Adac’s data centres in South Africa.
The South African data centers owned by Africa Data Centre (ADAC) want to lessen their carbon footprint. With a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with DPA Southern Africa (DPA SA), a partnership between renewable energy provider Distributed Power Africa (DPA) and the Electricité de France (EDF) group, the Johannesburg-based company has achieved its goals.
ADAC’s data centers in South Africa will receive 12 MW of solar photovoltaic power according to the agreement between DPA SA and ADAC. DPA SA is building the power plant near Bloemfontein, 397 km from Johannesburg. ADAC, which will purchase its production, operates a network of data centres in several African cities. In Cape Town, South Africa, the company headed by Tesh Durvasula operates 1,800 square metres of storage space with a capacity of 5.5 MW
The company intends to increase this data center’s 25 MW capacity and 6,000 square meter area. Moreover, Adac runs data centers in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Lagos, the financial hub of Nigeria, Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The deal reached with DPA is a component of Adac’s plan to make its data centers carbon neutral in Africa. Data centers use 2% of the world’s electricity, making the decarbonization of this expanding sector even more crucial.
Moreover, 2% of the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) come from these facilities. Yet, a study reveals that the global data centre market was valued at $187.35 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $517.17 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 10.5% between 2021 and 2030.