Name of the Project
JB4 hyperscale data centre.

Location
Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, in South Africa.

Project Owner/s
Teraco Data Environments.

Project Description
JB4 is the latest expansion to Teraco’s growing data centre platform and takes critical power load capacity at Teraco facilities to more than 110 MW, which includes the Isando Campus JB1/JB3 (39 MW), Bredell JB2 (13 MW), Rondebosch Cape Town CT1 (3 MW), Brackenfell Cape Town CT2 (18 MW) and Durban (1 MW).

JB4 entails the construction of a new hyperscale data centre with 38 MW of critical power load.

JB4 will be built in two phases across 6 ha.

Phase 1 includes 8 × 1 000 m² halls, with 19 MW of critical power load, while Phase 2 will increase capacity to 16 × 1 000 m² halls, with 38 MW of critical power load.

JB4 will be the biggest single-site data centre on the African continent, comprising 50 000 m² of building infrastructure serviced by 80 MW of utility power supply.

The facility will have multiple fibre paths to the Teraco Isando Campus connectivity hub, located about 20 km away.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
Teraco finalised a new R2.5-billion loan financing transaction for the project in February 2021. Teraco will use the funds, raised with cash generated in-house, to finance the build.

Planned Start/End Date
The project was scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2022.

Teraco Data Environments completed the JB3 data centre facility in August 2021.

Phase 1 of C2 was completed in October 2021.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Teraco, tel +27 11 573 2800 or email contact@teraco.co.za.