The $600 million investment positions Ghana as a regional digital hub.

$600 million invested

Google has inaugurated its first data center in sub-Saharan Africa in Accra. The facility will power cloud services for the entire West African region and create 1,200 direct and indirect jobs.

Digital sovereignty

Ghana is positioning itself as a regional digital hub, but debates over the localization of sensitive data and the energy consumption of data centers remain heated within civil society.