Pan-African telecoms group is forming a new data center venture with an unnamed investor from the Middle East.
In its half-year financial results published this month, the company said MTN Digital Infrastructure has entered into a strategic partnership with an unnamed UAE-backed data center investment platform to “accelerate the development of AI-ready digital infrastructure platforms across Africa.”
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Full details, including the identity of the partner company, were not shared, but MTN will reportedly be a minority investor in the partnership.
MTN said the new partnership – dubbed Africa Data Hub Holding Limited – will combine MTN's “extensive” African footprint, market knowledge, and infrastructure assets with international investment backing and specialist data center expertise.
