POWER GUZZLER: SA’s biggest data centre ‘monster’ set to consume 25% of Durban’s electricity

2026-03-04 - 20:23

Durban is pressing ahead with plans to build a massive 400MW artificial intelligence data centre in partnership with a South Korean power consortium. It would be South Africa’s biggest digital data centre, burning up the equivalent of a staggering 25% of the city of Durban’s current electricity supply.