Every tracked AI data center project, grouped by build status. Operational, under construction, announced, and permitted, with developer, tenant, capacity, and cost details.
As cited in Newsweek: “Map Shows States Where Biggest Data Centers Are Being Built” (October 2026).
Data Center Index, "Data center projects in South Africa," https://datacenterindex.ai/projects?country=South%20Africa (accessed October 20, 2026).
1 campus, 20 MW in total. The list also shows 3 more entries (phases, power assets, programs or paused projects) that the total leaves out.
South Africa has 4 tracked AI data center projects: 3 operating, 0 under construction, and 1 announced or permitted. Together they represent 280 MW of capacity. Developers active here include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Cassava Technologies. Each project below links to a detail page with developer, tenant, capacity, timeline, and the public supply-chain companies exposed to the build.