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Cape Town in numbers

What do the numbers say about Cape Town?

Charts on Cape Town's crime, water, weather, property, energy and more. Every chart has a source.

Energy 31 Dec 2026

Planned data centres would need a third as much power as the whole of Cape Town at its peak

1,096MW All other Cape Town demand · Highest

Power needed by four planned data centres, compared with the city’s peak demand of 1,676 MW
Cavaleros (Cosmas Data City): 360 MW Cavaleros (Cosmas D… 360 Equinix (two facilities): 160 MW Equinix (two facili… 160 Teraco: 60 MW Teraco 60 All other Cape Town demand: 1,096 MW All other Cape Tow… 1,096

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Together they would need 580 MW, which is 34% of the city’s current peak. The biggest, Cavaleros at 360 MW, would be the largest data centre ever built in South Africa.

Source: City of Cape Town, Cavaleros Group, Equinix and Teraco · All bars start at zero

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Energy 31 May 2026

Diesel went up R4.96 a litre in May 2026, petrol only R1.85

4.96R per litre Diesel 0.05% (wholesale) · Highest

How much each fuel went up per litre in May 2026
Petrol 95 (coast): 1.85 R per litre Petrol 95 (coast) 1.85 Petrol 93 (coast): 1.77 R per litre Petrol 93 (coast) 1.77 Diesel 0.05% (wholesale): 4.96 R per litre Diesel 0.05% (whol… 4.96 Diesel 0.005% (wholesale): 4.96 R per litre Diesel 0.005% (whol… 4.96 Illuminating Paraffin: 4.22 R per litre Illuminating Paraff… 4.22

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Diesel and paraffin went up about two and a half times as much as petrol. Their prices had more catching up to do, and a temporary R3.00 cut in the fuel levy applied to petrol only.

Source: Central Energy Fund · All bars start at zero

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