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South Africa Tribunal Approves Questionable Equinix Data Centers Despite Activist Objections

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Cape Town’s Municipal Planning Tribunal has approved Equinix’s proposal to develop two large hyperscale data centres in the King Air Industria precinct near the city’s airport, despite strong objections from community and environmental activists. The decision represents a significant boost for South Africa’s expanding digital infrastructure sector as demand for cloud computing, artificial intelligence and […]