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This follows Google ’ s announcement last week of the launch of the Google Cloud region in Johannesburg , its first on the African continent . Google Cloud Interconnect provides low-latency , high-availability connections that enable enterprises to reliably transfer data using direct physical connections between clients ’ on-premises networks and the Google network . analytics to data management , integration , security , machine learning , artificial intelligence , AI , and blockchain .

“ Our direct connections to the Google Cloud infrastructure ensure our clients have direct , secure access to the critical IT resources they need for business success . The launch of Google Cloud in Africa is another important milestone in our digital transformation journey ,” says Michele McCann , Head of Platforms at Teraco .

Michele McCann , Head of Platforms , Teraco

Connecting to Google ’ s Cloud Interconnect means that traffic does not traverse the public Internet and provides the following benefits :

• More reliable and consistent cloud networking services compared to Internet-based connections .

• Low-latency connection compared with the public Internet .

• By bypassing the public Internet , traffic takes fewer hops , so there are fewer points of failure .

• Scaled connection capacity to meet requirements .

• Increased reliability with a dedicated and pre-established network path .

• Improved security because data traffic flows over trusted endpoints in a secure data centre location .

Designed to meet enterprise needs , Google Cloud offers powerful compute and networking performance , a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure and platform cloud services , and unique capabilities from application development and business

Connecting directly to cloud providers is possible via Teraco ’ s cloud onramps , which enable rapid provisioning of services to multiple cloud providers . These connections deliver highperformance , secure , and low latency cloud services to enterprises and ISPs in the region by connecting directly to cloud locations that are geographically closest to them .

Teraco , a carrier-neutral colocation provider in Africa , is the first provider of highly resilient , vendor-neutral data environments in sub-Saharan Africa . With its world-class data centre infrastructure and networkdense ecosystems , Teraco forms a vital part of the African Internet ’ s backbone and is essential to the modern enterprise ’ s digital transformation strategy .

Teraco is majority-owned by Digital Realty , offering customers a global data centre platform designed to enable digital businesses to scale within a highly connected data community across 300 + data centres in 50 + metros and 25 + countries on six continents .

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data centre , colocation and interconnection solutions . PlatformDIGITAL , the company ’ s global data centre platform , provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacentre Architecture , PDx solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges .

Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data centre footprint of 300 + facilities in 50 + metros across 25 + countries on six continents . To learn more about Digital Realty , please visit digitalrealty . com or follow us on LinkedIn and X . p

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