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The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories

Podcast: Daily Maverick
Published: Mar 23, 2026
Duration seconds: 401
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Summary

South Africa is in the grip of an infrastructure supercycle, but it isn’t roads or rails. It is the rise of the AI Factory, windowless fortresses consuming small cities worth of power.