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2 facilities · Q3 2026 · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 ·

Data Center Colocation Costs in South Africa: Q3 2026 Price Index

Compare 2 data centers in South Africa across 1 operators, 140 MW: capacity, status, certifications, facilities and colocation pricing context.

2 facilities140 MW tracked1 operators

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Average wholesale, $/kW/mo — Collecting

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Retail rack, $/mo — Collecting

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Year on year

$0.144

Commercial power, $/kWh

Q3 2026 · · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 · 0 AI-ready · 140+ MW · sources

Why prices sit where they do

Vantage Data Centers is the only operator disclosed in South Africa, with two Johannesburg-area campuses: JNB1 in Midrand (120 MW planned at full development, three buildings) and the smaller JNB2 in Ekurhuleni (20 MW, near the NAPAfrica internet exchange). Neither site discloses Uptime Tier, LEED or ISO certification, though JNB1 has picked up DCD, Data Centre World and Datacloud industry awards since 2022. Business electricity runs $0.144/kWh (GlobalPetrolPrices, Dec 2025), with Eskom's own commercial tariffs spanning roughly $0.10-$0.17/kWh and rising 8.76% from April 2026 under NERSA's latest determination — a grid still dominated by coal and periodically constrained by load-shedding. With 140 MW of disclosed capacity across two facilities and no Tier-certified sites yet, South Africa remains an early-stage market in the catalog relative to more mature hubs, anchored so far by a single hyperscale-oriented operator rather than a competitive multi-operator cluster.

Frequently asked questions

How much does colocation cost in South Africa?

No published wholesale $/kW benchmark exists for South Africa yet, so we show nothing rather than an estimate. What is verifiable: the catalog tracks 2 facilities here. Run at least three quotes in parallel — where no benchmark is published, individual offers vary far more.

Why is colocation priced the way it is in South Africa?

Commercial electricity in South Africa is $0.144 per kWh, and power is the largest single input into a colocation rate. On top of that sit land and grid-connection availability, interconnection density, and how much capacity competes for the same tenants — 2 facilities in our catalog, 0 of them announced or under construction.

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How many data centers are in South Africa?

Coloprice tracks 2 data centers in South Africa: 2 operational with 140 MW of published IT power, 0 under construction and 0 announced. The count covers publicly disclosed facilities and grows as operators publish new sites; every figure links to its primary source.

Data centers

FacilityOperatorCountryCityPower, MWTierScoreReviewsStatus
Vantage Johannesburg I Campus (JNB1)Vantage Data CentersSouth AfricaJohannesburg (Midrand)12027EOperational
Vantage Johannesburg II Campus (JNB2)Vantage Data CentersSouth AfricaJohannesburg (Ekurhuleni)2022·Operational