Africa and the environment . We treat each client on a case-by-case basis , making for successful projects and satisfied clients .”
Alongside providing end-to-end solutions from site inspection to planning , design and construction to onsite-commissioning , remote monitoring , and after-delivery services , MPT probably has the largest Uptime accredited team on the continent , including 10 Uptime Accredited Tier Design engineers — of which their CEO , Menno Parsons , is one .
In terms of their reach , MPT is building and providing turnkey data centres solutions across the entire continent — including in South Africa , Nigeria , Ethiopia , Djibouti , Madagascar , Somalia , Kenya , Tanzania , Malawi , Zambia , Mozambique , Zimbabwe , Botswana , Senegal , Ghana , Congo , DRC , Angola , and Namibia to name a few .
The Data Centre market in Africa is snowballing , and the necessity of reliable and resilient DC services and solutions has become critical to the continent ’ s digital development . MPT supports the evergrowing demands and is the most prominent DC builder in Africa . One of its most recent projects was designing and building Africa ’ s largest modular DC , Digital Parks Africa ( DPA ).
DPA is one of South Africa ’ s most resilient , carrier-neutral hyperscale DCs , that targets colocation , enterprise and hyperscale clients . It provides world-class DC services with unrestricted interconnection between clients , thus , offering better value , lower latency , and higher resilience DC solutions .
MPT and DPA are two distinct companies that work in close collaboration to meet the growing demands for large-scale data services , hosting , and DC operations . Both are effective operators in the DC world , and they contend with similar considerations and have common problems for which to offer solutions , albeit in different ways .
When most clients hear the term ‘ DC Flexibility ’, they tend to only think about redundancy and tier classifications , but true flexibility should also be reflected in a business model strategy .
True business flexibility is a holistic attribute , and Menno Parsons clearly has it in abundance and is recognised for it across Africa and beyond its borders . On this very point , Parsons says : “ For some of our projects across Africa , our Telco clients noted that they would rather operationalise some of their expenses than investing further Capex . This was a big turning point and marked the establishment of Digital Parks Africa .”
“ In a developed world , you don ’ t notice the massive impact of technology challenges ,” says Jacques de Jager , Chief Operations Officer at Digital Parks Africa ( DPA ). “ Nevertheless , Africa has its challenges , and
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