SADC Regional Carrier-Neutral Data Center

A project to develop guidelines and establish a SADC Regional Carrier-Neutral Data Center to centralise the various critical and complementary core infrastructure elements that will reduce operational costs, further optimise the performance of Internet access to meet current and future demands of region and to ensure that the Internet access, tools and services are available and remain resilient against any regional or global crisis.

DESCRIPTION

A data center is a critical information infrastructure. It complements IXPs to rely less on international transit for Internet. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet has shown to a be an absolute prerequisite of modern living and a tool that can be used to protect people, save lives, to enable people to telecommute, students to keep up with their studies and for everyone to keep in touch with their families and friends. Most online content, tools and services used were hosted outside the region and this placed a lot of strain on the costly International Internet links. A data center is the digital heart of each public or private network providing access to data and services via the Internet.

OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE

PROJECT RISKS

PROJECT ECONOMICS

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PROJECT FINANCING

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

OVERALL COST: 0.40

ANNUAL COST: 0.00

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STUDIES

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Regional Coordinator

Southern Africa Telecommunications Association

Lead REC

Southern African Development Community

CONTACTS

Dr. George Ah-Thew-gah-thew@sadc.int

Mr. Jacob Munodawafa-jmunodawafa@gmail.com; sata@sata-sec.net

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