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Any extra African data centers would be located in the major coastal metropolises, which are already connected with the major undersea cables. Sure, it's logistically difficult to ship stuff to inland rural Africa, but delivering equipment from Shenzhen to Lagos or Mombasa is not much more expensive as delivering it to London or LA.

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Sure, but building a data center in a metropolis can be a lot more expensive than building it in a rural area because of other factors like higher land values, taxes, energy costs, etc.

The ocean freight for Shenzhen to Lagos probably costs 2-3x more than Shenzhen to Los Angeles, but ocean freight alone is still a tiny fraction of the total landed cost of the data center.

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