Cape Town Residents Halt Data Centre: "We Were Never Consulted"
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Cape Town residents have temporarily stopped a new Equinix data centre after filing an appeal against the rezoning of the land.
The residents say they were never consulted about the project. A data centre is a building that stores computer servers and network equipment.
The appeal has paused the development while authorities review the case.