Inside Africa's Data Centers Revolution | Bloomberg Next Africa

Africa’s digital economy is entering a new era, fueled by rapid growth in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and demand for reliable digital infrastructure. In this episode of Bloomberg Next Africa, industry leaders explore the opportunities, investment trends and challenges shaping the continent's data centers revolution. The discussion examines how AI adoption, energy availability, sustainability and infrastructure development will define the future of Africa’s digital ecosystem and help unlock the continent’s next wave of growth. The episode features: Jan Hnizdo, CEO of Teraco; James Manyika, SVP of Research & Technology at Google; Johnson Agogbua, Founder & CEO of Kasi Cloud; Robert Skjodt, CEO of Raxio Group. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro and Show Open 00:01:25 - AI Sparks Surge in Data Center Investment 00:02:15 - Race to Build Data Centers in Africa 00:04:22 - Jan Hnizdo, Teraco CEO 00:10:22 - James Manyika, Google SVP Research & Technology 00:16:00 - Johnson Agogbua, Kasi Cloud Founder & CEO 00:17:40 - Robert Skjodt, Raxio CEO 00:18:46 - Powering African Data Centers -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more. Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X:   / bloombergtv   Facebook:   / bloombergtelevision   Instagram:   / bloombergtv   Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X:   / business   Facebook:   / bloombergbusiness   Instagram:   / bloombergbusiness   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusi... Reddit:   / bloomberg   LinkedIn:   / bloomberg-news   More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio:   / bloombergradio   Bloomberg Surveillance:   / bsurveillance   Bloomberg Politics:   / bpolitics   Bloomberg Originals:   / bbgoriginals   Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology:    / @bloombergtechnology   Bloomberg Originals:    / @business   Bloomberg Quicktake:    / @bloombergquicktake   Bloomberg Espanol:    / @bloomberg_espanol   Bloomberg Podcasts:    / @bloombergpodcasts