DCD
Summary
Two of Africa’s biggest economies suffer regular power grid blackouts. South Africa continues to grapple with a formidable energy challenge caused by a strained and unreliable power grid prone to rolling outages. In Nigeria, the grid crisis has reached alarming levels, with two total grid collapses occurring within a single week in September 2023.
Such grid instability poses a significant hurdle for data center development, as these are facilities that require constant and uninterrupted power. The situation is being exacerbated by aging infrastructure, maintenance issues, and a surge in energy demand.
Beyond the direct resources that data centers can provide through district heating and cooling schemes from combined heat and power (CHP) systems within the facilities and feeding power to microgrids, data centers can also play a role in supporting social initiatives beyond their core operations.
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