On the continent, which has approximately 160 datacenters, only 5% of the facilities (barely 8 datacenters) are currently ready for IA, that is to say capable of supporting at least 40 kilowatts (kW) of power density per rack, the minimum threshold required to execute advanced machine learning calculations.
KIVIA ANALYSIS
Only 5% of African datacenters are currently ready for IA
Key takeaways
- On the continent, which has approximately 160 datacenters, only 5% of the facilities (barely 8 datacenters) are currently ready for IA, that is to say capable of supporting at least 40 kilowatts (kW) of power density per rack, the minimum threshold required to execute advanced machine learning calculations.
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