OADC Wins Regulatory Approval to Acquire NTT Data’s Local Data Centre Portfolio

South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved Open Access Data Centres’ (OADC ) acquisition of certain data centre operations owned by NTT Data  South Africa, subject to public interest conditions.

The approved transaction will see OADC Propco SA (Pty) Ltd and Open Access Data Centres SA (Pty) Ltd (OADC Opco) acquire a portfolio of data centre assets operated by NTT Data South Africa. Both acquiring entities are wholly owned subsidiaries of Open Access Data Centres (Mauritius) Limited, which in turn is owned by the West Indian Ocean Cable Company Holding Company Limited (WIOCC Holding Company).

WIOCC  Holding Company, registered in Mauritius, controls several subsidiaries with operations across multiple sub-Saharan African markets. Together, these entities form the acquiring group.

OADC currently operates data centres in Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town, offering colocation, connectivity, and general data centre services to third-party customers in South Africa. Beyond data centres, the wider acquiring group also owns and operates terrestrial and subsea fibre networks across the region.

The assets being acquired consist of seven data centre facilities operated by NTT Data South Africa, which is ultimately controlled by Japan-based Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. These facilities are located in Bloemfontein, Cape Town, East London, Bryanston and Parklands in Johannesburg, Gqeberha, and Umhlanga.

The transaction includes all associated infrastructure, equipment, supplier contracts, and lease agreements at each site, as well as the property on which the Parklands data centre is located. The facilities provide a full suite of data centre services, including colocation, power and rack services, network and connectivity offerings, and data centre implementation and management services.

Following its assessment, the Competition Commission concluded that the proposed transaction is unlikely to substantially lessen or prevent competition in any relevant market.

However, to address public interest considerations, the acquiring group has committed to implementing a Historically Disadvantaged Persons (HDP) transaction as part of the approval conditions.

The deal strengthens OADC’s local footprint and consolidates its position within South Africa’s growing data centre and digital infrastructure market, at a time when demand for secure, scalable, and interconnected facilities continues to rise across the continent.