Coloprice Score · methodology 2026.08
Best data centers in South Africa: 2026 ranking
26 facilities in South Africa are in the Coloprice catalog; their median Coloprice Score is 23 out of 100. The table ranks 25 of them by score — computed only from what each operator publishes and what we verified against primary sources.
26 facilitiesColoprice Score · 23 out of 100
Top 25 by Coloprice Score
Who is in this list: Every facility in the catalog located in South Africa — operational, under construction and announced. Status is visible in the maturity axis. Showing the top 25 of 26.
| # | Facility | Operator | Location | MW | Score | Class | Axes |
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| 1 | Africa Data Centres JHB2 (Samrand) | Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies) | Samrand, Centurion | — | 44 | D | |
| 2 | Teraco JB4 (Bredell) | Teraco (Digital Realty) | Kempton Park, Johannesburg | 50 | 32 | E | |
| 3 | Teraco JB2 (Bredell) | Teraco (Digital Realty) | Kempton Park, Johannesburg | 14 | 32 | E | |
| 4 | OADC Durban (DUR1) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Amanzimtoti, south of Durban | 8 | 30 | E | |
| 5 | OADC Umhlanga (DUR2) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Umhlanga | 6 | 29 | E | |
| 6 | Vantage Johannesburg I Campus (JNB1) | Vantage Data Centers | Johannesburg (Midrand) | 120 | 27 | E | |
| 7 | Teraco CT2 (Brackenfell) | Teraco (Digital Realty) | Brackenfell, Cape Town | 50 | 27 | E | |
| 8 | NTT Johannesburg 1 | NTT Global Data Centers | Samrand, Centurion | 12 | 26 | E | |
| 9 | OADC Bloemfontein (BFN1) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Bloemfontein | 1 | 25 | E | |
| 10 | OADC East London (ELS1) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | East London | 1 | 25 | E | |
| 11 | OADC Gqeberha (PLZ1) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) | 1 | 25 | E | |
| 12 | Teraco CT1 (Rondebosch) | Teraco (Digital Realty) | Rondebosch, Cape Town | 5 | 24 | E | |
| 13 | OADC Parklands (JNB3) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Parklands, Johannesburg | 6 | 23 | limited data | |
| 14 | Teraco DB1 (Riverhorse Valley) | Teraco (Digital Realty) | Durban | 2 | 23 | E | |
| 15 | Vantage Johannesburg II Campus (JNB2) | Vantage Data Centers | Johannesburg (Ekurhuleni) | 20 | 22 | limited data | |
| 16 | OADC Brackenfell (CPT2) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Brackenfell, Cape Town | 5 | 22 | limited data | |
| 17 | OADC Bryanston (JNB2) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Bryanston, Johannesburg | 3 | 21 | limited data | |
| 18 | OADC Rondebosch (CPT1) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Rondebosch, Cape Town | 3 | 21 | limited data | |
| 19 | OADC Bree Street (CPT3) | Open Access Data Centres (WIOCC) | Cape Town | 2 | 21 | limited data | |
| 20 | Digital Parks Africa Samrand | Digital Parks Africa (Master Power Technologies) | Samrand, Centurion | — | 15 | E | |
| 21 | Africa Data Centres JHB1 (Midrand) | Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies) | Midrand, Johannesburg | — | 12 | limited data | |
| 22 | Africa Data Centres CPT1 (Elfindale) | Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies) | Cape Town | — | 9 | limited data | |
| 23 | Equinix JN1 IBX | Equinix | Isando, Johannesburg | — | 9 | limited data | |
| 24 | Teraco JB1 (Isando) | Teraco (Digital Realty) | Isando, Johannesburg | — | 9 | limited data | |
| 25 | Teraco JB3 (Isando) | Teraco (Digital Realty) | Isando, Johannesburg | — | 9 | limited data | |
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How we ranked them
Coloprice Score is a 0–100 total of five axes: resilience (tier level weighted by the class of evidence, up to 35), compliance (independent audits, up to 20), transparency (how many of seven key fields are published, up to 20), scale (published MW on a log scale plus liquid cooling and AI readiness, up to 15) and maturity (status and age, up to 10). Every input is a field on the facility card, and every card cites its sources.
Nothing here is opinion or paid placement: an operator can only move up by publishing more data or citing more certificates. A dashed class means the operator disclosed too little for a class to be assigned honestly — the score is still computed. Full methodology, class thresholds and the top-50 across all countries: Coloprice Score rankings.