Deal Value
Undisclosed
Announced
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Deal Details
MTN and Tarek Al Ashram created Africa Data Hub Holding to build roughly 150 MW of AI‑ready data centre capacity in South Africa and Nigeria as the first phase of a broader pan‑African AI infrastructure platform.
A cloud computing partnership providing infrastructure and compute resources.
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