Is Cape Town Fast-Tracking a Power-Hungry Data Hub?

A golf course became a R3-billion logistics hub. Now it’s set to house two of Cape Town’s biggest data centres. Daily Maverick’s Lindsey Schutters reports on a R100 land-swap, a data centre reclassified as a “warehouse”, and the environmental assessment that’s been pushed down the road.

Reporting by: Lindsey Schutters 
Filmed by: Joel Seboa 
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi 
Produced by: Emilie Gambade 
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo 
Sub-edited by: Kim Maxwell

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