DATA COMFORT OR DIGITAL DICTATORSHIP? While South Africa drowns in rolling blackouts and economic despair, tech giant Xneelo is quietly breaking ground on a MASSIVE new data fortress in Samrand. But this isn’t just another server farm—this is a chilling power grab to CONTROL the very lifeblood of the nation’s future.
At a time when hospitals struggle for power, the company boasts of “robust power infrastructure” for its new data hub, positioned strategically BETWEEN Johannesburg and Pretoria. This is not convenience—this is a calculated move to DOMINATE the digital landscape. With plans to “scale” its cloud services, Xneelo is constructing the backbone for a system where YOUR business, YOUR data, and YOUR digital freedom live or die at their whim.
CEO Deon de Villiers smugly calls infrastructure “the backbone of the digital economy,” but critics warn this expansion is about building an UNBREAKABLE MONOPOLY. They promise “high availability” for their cloud services while the rest of the country faces “low availability” of basic electricity. The message is clear: the elite will have seamless digital access, while YOU are left in the dark.
This isn’t progress; it’s a colossal misplacement of national priority and resource. It’s the silent erection of a digital panopticon, funded by desperate businesses fleeing public infrastructure collapse, all while being sold as “stable” and “scalable.” By 2026, when this facility goes live, will we own our data, or will we merely rent our lives from their servers?
Read: South African cloud market set to top R100-billion by 2029
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