Digital Parks Africa

What Digital Parks Africa does

Digital Parks Africa (legal entity: Digital Parks SA Pty Ltd) is a South African carrier-neutral colocation data centre operator headquartered in Centurion and founded in 2017 as a spin-off from Master Power Technologies. The company delivers secure white-space, redundant power and cooling, and 24/7 NOC services to enterprise customers, telecommunications carriers, hyperscale cloud providers, government entities and managed service providers. Its flagship asset is the Samrand facility in Gauteng, designed as Africa's largest modular data centre — Uptime Tier III design-ready, 24 MW utility capacity with 2N redundancy, accommodating 4,500+ racks across 2,400 m² of white space, with a guaranteed PUE of 1.5 or better and 99.982% uptime. Complementary facilities are operated in Centurion and Johannesburg CBD, with planned expansion to Cape Town and additional African markets via partnerships.

The product platform is built around four service modules: Colocation (dedicated white space with biometric access, smart-meter PDU power billing, and 24/7 remote hands); Connectivity (DPAP inter-DC interconnect, cross-connects, JINX/CINX peering, and carrier-neutral fibre with multiple entry points); Monitoring via the proprietary AIVA platform (real-time visibility into power, cooling, environmental conditions and access control); and Value-Added Services (smart locks, caging, structured cabling, rack & stack, lift & shift, and white-labelled customer pods). The carrier-neutral ecosystem aggregates more than ten carriers on-site, and 2025 partnerships with Cogent, Oni-Tel and Laser Light Africa are extending the platform into Tier 1 IP, inter-DC fibre, and modular edge compute — including Africa's first MODI 20-foot modular micro-data centre at Centurion.

DPA operates a subscription-recurring revenue model with quote-based pricing billed monthly per kW per hour via dual smart-meter PDUs. The company is 100% privately held and 100% South African-owned, holding ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015, PCI-DSS Ready, Uptime Tier III Design, B-BBEE Level 4, and the European Commission Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency (the first African operator certified). Distribution is direct enterprise sales supplemented by a partner channel that includes HOSTAFRICA (GPU-as-a-Service), iXAfrica (East Africa), and an expanding roster of connectivity providers and system integrators.

Name

Digital Parks Africa

Legal name

Digital Parks SA Pty Ltd

Website

https://dpa.host

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Digital Parks Africa is a 100% South African-owned carrier-neutral colocation operator, founded in 2017, running Africa's largest modular data centre (Samrand, Tier III-ready, 24MW, 4,500+ racks). It serves enterprises, telcos, hyperscalers, government and MSPs with secure colocation, connectivity, monitoring and AI-ready GPU infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Center Colocation Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Facilities Support Services (561210)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail Colocation (Multi-Tenant Data Centers) (HDABACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Colocation & Remote Hands Services (HDABACAD), Edge Colocation & Distributed Data Center Services (HDABAOAB)

Keywords

• Data center colocation
• Carrier-neutral connectivity
• Managed data center services
• Data center infrastructure
• Cloud and connectivity services

Headquarters

HQ city

Centurion

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Colocation Services: Core revenue stream from providing secure, dedicated white space for customer IT infrastructure. Includes flexible rack space, power, cooling, and 24/7 support. Customers can customize their white space to specific requirements such as power density, cooling, and security.
2. Connectivity Services: Carrier-neutral connectivity including cross-connect, DPAP interconnect, carrier connectivity, fibre, wireless, and internet exchange access (JINX, CINX). Revenue from providing diverse routing, multiple fibre entry points, and low-latency connections to major networks and cloud providers.
3. Monitoring and NOC Services: Round-the-clock Network Operations Centre monitoring and management of infrastructure including carrier networks, power, cooling, and data centre environment. Provides real-time insights and detailed reporting.
4. Value-Added Services: Additional services including remote hands, structured cabling, in-rack CCTV, smart locks, rack and stack, lift and shift, white-labelled customer pods, DPAP, and caging solutions. Professional services providing operational support and flexibility.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Digital Parks Africa provides carrier-neutral colocation data centre services from its flagship Samrand facility (Tier III design-ready, 24MW capacity, 4,500+ racks across 2,400 m²) and Centurion facility in South Africa. Customers lease dedicated white space with reliable power, energy-efficient cooling, biometric security, and 24/7 NOC support, complemented by carrier-neutral connectivity (cross-connects, peering, DPAP interconnect) and an in-house AIVA monitoring platform. The offering also includes value-added services such as remote hands, structured cabling, rack and stack, smart locks, and white-labelled customer pods.

Product overview

Digital Parks Africa operates a platform-plus-modules colocation services model. The core platform consists of carrier-neutral data centre infrastructure — specifically the Samrand flagship facility (Tier III design-ready, 24MW, 4,500+ racks) and the Centurion facility — on top of which it delivers four primary service modules: Colocation (dedicated white space with power, cooling, and security), Connectivity (carrier-neutral network access including DPAP interconnect, cross-connects, and peering), Monitoring via the AIVA platform (real-time infrastructure visibility), and Value-Added Services (remote hands, smart locks, caging, structured cabling, rack & stack, and white-labelled customer pods). The company also hosts partner products within its facilities, most notably HOSTAFRICA's GPU-as-a-Service platform (NVIDIA RTX PRO servers) and Laser Light Africa's Edge Network Aggregation Node. DPA's value proposition centres on providing world-class, scalable digital infrastructure to businesses of all sizes across South Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DPAP (Digital Parks Africa Point of Presence): A low-latency, high-capacity interconnect solution that extends DPA's data centre reach to other facilities for flexible scalability.

Products and services

• Colocation Secure, reliable colocation providing dedicated white space with robust power, cooling, advanced biometric security and CCTV, and 24/7 NOC support for customers' critical ICT infrastructure.
• Connectivity

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.982% uptime guarantee with advanced concurrent maintainability
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Oni-Tel Fibre NetworkscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2025Oni-Tel launched its Inter-Data Centre Fibre Network in Gauteng with Digital Parks Africa as the inaugural point of presence. The network connects all major data centres across Gauteng with high-speed, low-latency fibre purpose-built for data centre interconnectivity. Over 70km of cutting-edge fibre deployed, enabling seamless connectivity between facilities.
• Cogent CommunicationscoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal Tier 1 carrier Cogent Communications is now live at DPA's Samrand data centre, providing customers direct access to one of the world's largest IP backbone networks. Cogent serves over 22,000 customers with 7,600+ independently connected networks, spanning 300+ major business markets across 57 countries.
• HOSTAFRICAcoreTechnology or IntegrationHOSTAFRICA launched dedicated NVIDIA RTX PRO GPU servers at DPA's Samrand data centre, offering fully localised GPU-as-a-Service platform. Platform powered by NVIDIA RTX 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs with 96GB GDDR7 memory for AI, machine learning, rendering, and data-intensive workloads.
• Laser Light AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU signed to establish a sovereign Edge and Network Aggregation Node at DPA's Centurion facility. Introduces modular AI-ready edge and optical infrastructure connecting terrestrial networks to subsea and space-based systems. Features Africa's first 'MODI' 20-foot modular micro-data centre for rapid scalability.
• iXAfrica Data CentrescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReciprocal partnership to bring world-class data centre services to Southern and East Africa. DPA customers gain access to Kenya through iXAfrica's East African infrastructure; iXAfrica customers can leverage DPA's established South African infrastructure. First step in expanding both providers' footprints across Africa.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Africa Data Centres (Liquid Intelligent Technologies): Pan-African colocation operator owned by Liquid, with facilities across multiple African countries. Closest like-for-like competitor to DPA — same carrier-neutral, multi-tenant colocation model and similar enterprise + hyperscaler customer base, but with broader geographic footprint and deeper corporate parent funding.
• Teraco Data Environments (Digital Realty): South Africa's largest carrier-neutral colocation provider, now part of Digital Realty. Direct competitor in the same Gauteng market, with similar enterprise and hyperscaler customer mix, larger installed base and global parent backing.
• iXAfrica Data Centres: NBO1 hyperscale data centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Both DIRECT_PEER (carrier-neutral, hyperscaler-targeted colocation in Africa) and active partner of DPA for cross-border service delivery.
• Raxio Data Centres: Pan-African carrier-neutral colocation operator with facilities planned across multiple African countries. Comparable platform-plus-modules colocation model targeting hyperscalers and enterprises, but with earlier-stage footprint and significant external funding.
• Wingu Africa: East African-focused carrier-neutral data centre operator with hyperscale facilities in Ethiopia and Djibouti. Comparable business model and customer type, but focused on East/Horn of Africa.
• Open Access Data Centres (OADC): West and Southern African carrier-neutral colocation provider, part of the WIOCC Group. Comparable carrier-neutral platform model with similar hyperscaler-targeted offerings and a complementary footprint (Lagos, Accra, Cape Town).
• MainOne (MDXi): West African data centre operator (subsidiary of Equinix) with Tier III facilities in Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. Directly comparable colocation model with West African geographic focus and now Equinix corporate backing.

Regional players

• Rack Centre: Nigeria-based carrier-neutral data centre operator serving West African enterprise and hyperscaler customers. Similar platform model and customer profile to DPA but focused on Lagos/Nigeria market.

Broad incumbents

• Equinix: Global colocation leader. Overlaps with DPA at the high end (enterprise/hyperscaler colocation, carrier-neutral interconnection) but operates as part of a much broader global portfolio; not specialised in the African mid-market.

Others

• Digital Realty:

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/DigitalParksAfrica

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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