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Google, Amazon, Cassava… The delirious rush towards African AI data centres

The Africa Report / 08 June 2026 / 18h ago

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Investment projects in AI data centres are proliferating across the continent. Yet these ambitions appear to overstep both demand and the electrical capacity to power these energy-hungry infrastructures.

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Google, Amazon, Cassava… The delirious rush towards African AI data centres

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