US Companies Win Billions in African Data Center Deals in Direct Competition with China – Democratic Accent

US companies win billions in African data center deals in direct competition with China – Democratic Accent

JOHANNESBURG: The U.S. is beating China in a high-tech trade war over data centers in a fierce battle being waged across Africa. Major new deals have been engineered in a public-private partnership between the Trump administration and U.S. companies in Africa, while States across the U.S. clamp down on the centers over their massive reliance on electricity. The administration’s Bureau of African Affairs has reported it has worked on 37 commercia…

US companies win billions in African data center deals in direct competition with China

JOHANNESBURG: The U.S. is beating China in a high-tech trade war over data centers in a fierce battle being waged across Africa.Major new deals have been engineered in a public-private partnership between the Trump administration and U.S. companies in Africa, while States across the U.S. clamp down on the centers over their massive reliance on electricity.The administration’s Bureau of African Affairs has reported it has worked on 37 commercial …