Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Unemployment levels keep SA consumers in the red

More than half of South African consumers (55%) say their household income remained negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic towards the end of 2021. According to research conducted by TransUnion in November, this number was the lowest in the year, down from 61%...

Oracle opens first cloud region in Africa

Oracle has opened it Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region, the company's first cloud region in Africa. "The fourth industrial revolution, which is powered by cloud-led technologies, has significantly accelerated in South Africa and the wider African continent," says...

Race to extract uranium from seawater

Extracting uranium from seawater could help nuclear power play a larger role in a carbon-free energy future. As the world shifts from fossil fuels, additional sources of energy-on-demand will be needed to make up for lulls in wind or solar. A new way of extracting...

Pinnacle profitable as it changes to Alviva

As it prepares for next week's name change to Alviva Holdings, Pinnacle has reported solid revenue and profit increases for the interim period to December 2016. Revenue for the interim period rose to R6,3-billion, up 46% from R4,3-billion in 2015. Gross profit...

Paperless office as unrealistic as ever

More than 38 years have passed since British-American information scientist Frederick Wilfrid first envisioned a "paperless office" in 1978 - but the reality is that printers still continue to be used daily. According to an independent survey of over 2 400 employees...

South Africans and their relationship with money

A survey has found that 86% of South African consumers believe their lives would be better if they had less debt - but only 24% would sell most things they own to get rid of debt. This is among the findings from the latest Havas Prosumer Report entitled "Money, Money,...

Open data helps drive service delivery

Tomorrow (4 March 2017) is Open Data Day, an worldwide celebration of open data as well as an opportunity to encourage the adoption of open data policies in government, business and civil society. Recent technological advances in connectivity, cloud storage,...

MTN posts earnings loss in difficult year

As expected, the MTN group has posted a headline loss per share of 77 cents for the financial year ended 31 December 2016. During the year the group's subscribers increased by 3,3% to 240,4-million. Its revenue increased marginally by 0,4% to R146 894-million, with...

Net1 set to buy 15% stake in Cell C

Net1 UEPS, the holding company of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), aims to buy up 15% of Cell C, in addition to its stake in Blue Label Telecommunications which already holds 45% of the mobile telecommunications company. By 30 June 2017, Net1 expects to have bought up...

SCOPA summons absent social development minister

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has been summoned to account to Parliament's oversight committee SCOPA for the looming crisis in the payment of social grants. The current contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) expires at the end of March. The...

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