The First Cloud Datacenter Launches in Africa

The First Cloud Datacenter Launches in Africa - January 2022

It was a remarkable day for the future of cloud technology in Africa as Oracle launched the first cloud region (Cloud Data center) on African soil - In Johannesburg South Africa. This means users of cloud services especially within Africa can now be able to choose a location closer to them for hosting of their cloud resources and applications. Also regulatory requirements would be met such as the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR).

What is a cloud region/Data center?

It is the actual, real-life geographic location where your public cloud resources are located, where your data resides physically.

Some think of the cloud to be a hypothetical or intangible storage in the sky, but it is indeed a physical robust IT infrastructure consisting of server machines and high-speed network connectivity designed to provide secured access to a large number of users or subscribers.

Currently, Oracle has about 39 cloud regions around the world. Google boasts of 29 regions, Amazon AWS 26 regions, while Microsoft Azure has over 60 regions.

What are the advantages of having a cloud region within your location?

The answer is simple - faster access to hosted resources! Regions allow you to locate your cloud resources close to your customers, the closer your customers are to the region where your cloud resources are located, the faster and better their experience will be. There is less lag as data is transmitted over a relatively short distance.

Also, users are provided with better applications performance as a result of the improved network access performance. Timely and reliable technical support is another big advantage as businesses are located in same time zone as their and probably same language support as their cloud providers.

Lastly, safety of data and compliance to regulatory requirements of not hosting data outside country/regional boundaries is one of the major advantages of having a cloud infrastructure within.

According to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc, worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.4% in 2022 to total $494.7 billion, up from $410.9 billion in 2021. This clearly shows cloud technology is for today and for the future!

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