Cape Town to write new rules for big data centre applications

Cape Town authorities are drafting new rules for large data centre applications and confirmed zoning for the King Air Industria hyperscale site is suspended due to an activists' appeal. Equinix said the plot is a long-term land bank with no development plans.

• King Air Industria zoning from July 14 suspended pending appeal
• Equinix calls the plot a long-term land bank with no build plans
• Appeal filed by Housing Assembly and Foxglove via Legal Resources Centre
• In April Equinix announced R7.5 billion investment in African data centres