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NVIDIA AND CASSAVA TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCH US $ 700 MILLION AI DATA CENTRE ROLLOUT ACROSS AFRICA
NVIDIA has partnered with Cassava Technologies in a landmark US $ 700 million deal to build AI-ready data centres across Africa, marking NVIDIA’ s first direct infrastructure investment on the continent.
The initiative began with the delivery of 3,000 NVIDIA GPUs to a Cassava-built facility in South Africa. Over the next three to four years, a further 12,000 GPUs will be deployed across Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and Morocco to support the adoption of AI in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture and FinTech.
NVIDIA’ s approach relies on private sector execution, with Cassava leading the design and delivery of localised infrastructure.
“ Africa has historically contended with receiving second-rate technology,” said Ziaad Suleman, CEO of Cassava Technologies SA and Botswana.“ This partnership will help flip the script and bring high-performance computing to local developers and data-driven industries.”
The partnership targets Africa’ s critical computing shortfall. According to the UNDP, only 5 % of African AI practitioners currently have access to the compute power required for advanced development and just one-fifth of those have onpremises GPU access.
“ NVIDIA dominates the global GPU market with a 93 % share,” said Eric Omorogieva, Analyst at the New Lines Institute.“ Bringing its hardware to Africa could be a game-changer for local innovation.”
To complement the infrastructure rollout, Cassava has signed a MoU with the South African AI Association, giving more than 3,000 AI professionals direct access to GPU clusters and supporting talent development alongside technical capacity.
CASA Software says IT leaders need storage that is reliable, efficient, secure and simple to manage. The latest update to the Nexsan Unity NV-Series in release v7.3 aims to address those needs. it.“ From improving day-to-day efficiency to boosting long-term data durability and retention, Unity’ s newest capabilities help remove operational friction so IT teams can stay focused on higher-value priorities,” he said. �
Nexsan is a global pioneer of highly reliable cost-effective enterprise-class storage solutions. CASA Software is one of SA’ s leading Digital Transformation organisations and Nexsan’ s sub- Saharan Africa distributor.
“ These enhancements are designed to make your environment more resilient and easier to operate,” said Byron Horn-Botha, CASA Senior Sales Specialist.
Unity has long been known for its unified approach to storage, supporting file, block and S3 object protocols in a single platform.
“ It integrates seamlessly into any data storage ecosystem with support for a wide range of NVMe, HDD and SSD configurations, scaling from a few terabytes to multiple petabytes in just a single system. With this latest release, Nexsan has strengthened its role as a versatile platform and a dependable data storage target for organisations of all sizes,” said Horn-Botha.
Horn-Botha confirms Nexsan designed these updates around a core belief: storage should empower business, not complicate
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