Johannesburg, South Africa – 19 January 2026 – Teraco: A Digital Realty Company, a leading provider of interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral colocation data centres, today announced the expansion of its executive management team.
Teraco has grown significantly over the last several years, culminating in the commissioning of three large facilities during 2025 across its campuses in South Africa. Today, the company operates hyperscale campuses in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and strategic interconnection hubs in Durban and Cape Town, with a critical IT load capacity of 189MW. It has secured land and power to continue expanding these facilities to meet client demand.
Teraco is also investing in renewable energy generation, ensuring that as demand for power increases, it can access clean, reliable energy wheeled through the grid from its own solar projects. Teraco employs 450 team members and services over 700 global and local clients. The executive management team is being expanded to gear up for the next level of growth and funding.
Sam Erwin, who joined Teraco as CFO in 2020 and has been a key contributor to the company’s success over the last six years, has been promoted into a new role as Managing Director, reporting to CEO Jan Hnizdo. The timing is right for Erwin to take on a more operational focus, bolstering an experienced management team focused on delivering world-class services to Teraco’s clients. In his new role, Erwin will also be responsible for continuing to develop Teraco’s energy strategy, with the build-out of its first utility-scale solar project already well underway.
Raj Nana has been appointed CFO, effective 1 February 2026, and brings more than 20 years of industry experience in investment banking and the property sector to Teraco.
“This is the ideal time to be expanding the executive team as we continue to grow our data centre platform in line with the evolving requirements for cloud, AI, and enterprise workloads. Sam’s promotion expands our operational focus, and I am excited to also be working alongside Raj as we expand our funding pools,” says Hnizdo.
Nana had been with Attacq (a JSE-listed real estate investment trust) since 2014 and in the role of CFO since 2018. His skills in financing and managing large-scale property developments provide a good fit for Teraco as it continues to invest in infrastructure to expand its platform as the leading vendor-neutral colocation provider in Africa. Nana is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA).
“We welcome Raj to Teraco at a time of significant build-out. He is joining a strong finance team, with access to local debt capital from sophisticated financial institutions, providing a platform for ongoing investment,” says Erwin.
“It’s a privilege to be joining an exceptional team and I’m looking forward to contributing to the next chapter of Teraco’s growth,” says Nana.
