Cape Town Plans $1 Billion Data Center on Former Golf Course as Africa's Tech Hub Expands

South Africa's drive to become Africa's digital infrastructure capital is taking an unlikely turn: two massive data centers are being built on the grounds of a defunct golf club in Cape Town. The King David Golf Club, which served the city's Jewish community since 1956 before membership collapsed in the mid-2010s, is being transformed into hyperscale computing facilities operated by Equinix, one of the world's largest data center operators. The project represents both the ambition and the tension driving Africa's most advanced digital economy.