Grand-Bassam ST Digital data center

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The project comprises the construction of a data center at the VITIB technology park in Grand-Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Pan-African cloud service provider ST Digital has begun construction in November 2024. The data center, will be built to Tier III standards, will span 4,000 sqm (43,055 sq ft) and offer various services, including modular colocation spaces, a landing station for submarine cables, and artificial intelligence-designed infrastructure. The data center will reach operational status by the end of Q1 2025. In May 2024, ST Digital announced a significant expansion within the West African market with three new data centers. The first two data centers, in Gabon and Cote d’Ivoire, are expected to be operational in 2024. The third, located in Togo, will be completed in 2025. The projects follow a €10 million ($10.86m) investment from UHURU Investment Partners into ST Digital, so the present project is more likely financed through equity investment. The cost and the funding details were not disclosed. The Cameroon-based ST Digital provides cloud services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Togo, Gabon, and Cote d’Ivoire. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/st-digital-starts-construction-on-data-center-in-cote-divoire/ ; https://st.digital/en/blog/std-s-blog-presse-3/st-digital-pose-de-la-1re-pierre-dun-nouveau-datacenter-souverain-en-cote-divoire-digitalmag-ci-448