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Teraco Data Environments

Teraco Data Environments is a carrier-, cloud- and vendor-neutral data centre provider founded by Tim Parsonson and Lex van Wyk in 2008. On 1 August 2022, Digital Realty announced that it had completed the purchase of a majority stake in Teraco, previously controlled by Berkshire Partners, Permira and a group of investors.

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Data centres

JohannesburgDurbanCape Town
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Accomplishments and funding

Environmental Impact AssessmentSeries CBarclays Africa Group
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Data centreDigital Realty (NYSE: DLR)Berkshire Partners LLCPermiraSouth Africa
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Founded
2008; 18 years ago (2008)
Founders
Tim Parsonson · Lex van Wyk
Industry
Internet Infrastructure
Headquarters
Isando, Johannesburg, South Africa
Area served
Sub-Saharan Africa
Number of locations
7 data centre locations across South Africa

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Data centres

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Accomplishments and funding

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Teraco Data Environments

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples28
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

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Teraco Data Environments

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related to Accomplishments and funding · 16
Teraco Data Environments → Absa's, African, After, Barclays Africa Group, Digital Realty, EIS, Environmental Impact Assessment, Liquid Telecom, Permira, R1, R158, R200, R400, Series, Teraco, The
Founders · 2
Teraco Data Environments → Lex van Wyk, Tim Parsonson
Parent · 2
Teraco Data Environments → (2022–present, 77%), Digital Realty
Area served · 1
Teraco Data Environments → Sub-Saharan Africa
Founded · 1
Teraco Data Environments → 2008; 18 years ago (2008)
Headquarters · 1
Teraco Data Environments → Isando, Johannesburg, South Africa
Industry · 1
Teraco Data Environments → Internet Infrastructure
Number of locations · 1
Teraco Data Environments → 7 data centre locations across South Africa
Type · 1
Teraco Data Environments → Private
Website · 1
Teraco Data Environments → https://www.teraco.co.za

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teraco data digital realty company environments centre million permira south africa 2022 acquired stake napafrica funding founded tim parsonson lex

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Teraco Data EnvironmentsArea servedSub-Saharan Africa1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsFounded2008; 18 years ago (2008)1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsFoundersTim Parsonson1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsFoundersLex van Wyk1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsHeadquartersIsando, Johannesburg, South Africa1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsIndustryInternet Infrastructure1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsNumber of locations7 data centre locations across South Africa1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsParentDigital Realty1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsParent(2022–present, 77%)1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsTypePrivate1.00infobox
Teraco Data EnvironmentsWebsitehttps://www.teraco.co.za1.00infobox
Teraco Data Environmentsis acarrier0.90text

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