Consulting Services

Our consulting services can help you take your business to the next level.

Are you unsure whether or you should build, rent or buy more racks – and where? We can help.

We understand the data centre industry from start to finish. We can help you formulate a strategy, implement a plan or make a sale. We’ve got the skills and the contacts to make it happen.

Strategic advisory

Whether you’re an established player looking to grow or assess your current assets or you’re a new entrant to the African market, Think Data Centre provides advisory services for your business.

We deliver:

Business strategies

We develop, prepare or review your business strategy or business plan to grow your business in a new or existing market.

Feasibility studies

We conduct feasibility studies to expand your data centre footprint, move into new territories or enter new markets.

Acquisition due diligence

We cover the relevant market background, supply-and-demand pictures, pricing history and trends, analyse the key operators and identify key ecosystems.

Telecom and network analysis

We look at the suitability of sites in terms of network potential and the proximity or availability of local fibre resources and carriers.

Technical due diligence

Regardless of whether you’re renting or acquiring data centre space or entering a new market, you must understand the facility you’re moving into. To help you with this, we can carry out technical due diligence on a new ‘greenfield’ site so that you understand its potential and risks. Or, we can review an existing installation and advise you on its suitability for your organisation.

Usually, this covers:

Site Due Diligence (SDD)

We review locations for your new data centre so you know you’re building on a site that meets your current and future demands.

We screen sites to look at:

Power, data and other utility availability (today and in the future)
Local risks and threats to the facility
Expansion potential and site constraints
Local authority rules and regulations that may constrain your development.

Asset Due Diligence (ADD)

Whether you’re preparing a plant replacement strategy or looking to dispose of assets, we thoroughly review your site to ascertain its strengths and weaknesses, and how these can be addressed. This will help you plan future expenditures or evaluate your site.