Data centers in Midrand: 5 facilities, colocation pricing

Coloprice tracks 5 data centers in Midrand, South Africa: 5 operational, 0 under construction and 0 announced, run by 4 operators.

By number of facilities tracked: Business Connexion (BCX) (2), Vantage Data Centers (1), Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies) (1), Vodacom (1).

Facilities that publish capacity add up to 120 MW (1 of 5 sites disclose a figure); the largest published site is Vantage Johannesburg I Campus (JNB1) with 120 MW.

No published wholesale $/kW benchmark exists for Johannesburg (Midrand), South Africa yet, so we show nothing rather than an estimate. What is verifiable: the catalog tracks 5 facilities here. Run at least three quotes in parallel — where no benchmark is published, individual offers vary far more.

Commercial electricity in Johannesburg (Midrand), 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 — 5 facilities in our catalog, 0 of them announced or under construction.