Utility Line Italia: ULI-WEBFARM

Utande (Utande Internet Services) publicly states it operates data centres in Harare and Bulawayo, and that its email and website hosting services are backed up at its data centres in Harare and Bulawayo, confirming an operational Bulawayo data-centre presence.

However, Utande’s official website does not publish a dedicated “Bulawayo Data Centre” facility page with an explicit data-centre street address, building specifications, or engineering details. Utande does publish a Bulawayo branch office address (133 Fife Street, corner 14th Avenue, Bulawayo), but that page labels it as a branch contact location—not explicitly as the data centre. Therefore, the Bulawayo data centre’s physical address is Not publicly disclosed at audit-grade certainty.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

1. Confirmed Bulawayo data-centre presence (operator statement): Hosting services are backed up at Utande’s data centres in Harare and Bulawayo.
2. Facility name (as referenced publicly): “Bulawayo Data Centre” (term used in third-party press coverage; Utande does not publish a facility spec page under a formal facility name).
3. Facility location (city): Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (operator confirms a Bulawayo data centre exists; street address not published).
4. Branch location (published contact address; not explicitly the data centre): 133 Fife Street, cnr 14th Avenue, Bulawayo.
5. Expansion / refurbishment evidence (press report): A Zimbabwe press report states Utande “recently completed the revamp of the Bulawayo Data Centre to create more space for cloud services.”

Not publicly disclosed (facility-level engineering):

1. Total power (MW), UPS/generator design, fuel autonomy, redundancy topology
2. Cooling architecture, redundancy, and PUE/efficiency
3. White space size, rack counts, cage/suite availability
4. 24/7 on-site staffing model specific to the Bulawayo data hall(s)

🔐 Security & Compliance

1. Physical security controls: Not publicly disclosed
2. Fire detection / suppression: Not publicly disclosed
3. Compliance certifications (ISO/SOC/PCI, etc.): Not publicly disclosed

Utande’s publicly accessible pages reviewed do not provide Bulawayo-site security design details or certification evidence (certificate IDs/scopes) for the Bulawayo data centre.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Carrier-neutral status: Not publicly disclosed
2. Carrier lists / meet-me room / cross-connect products: Not publicly disclosed
3. Internet Exchange (IX): No evidence that Utande operates an IX at the Bulawayo data centre.

Utande confirms the existence of a Bulawayo data centre for service backup, and a press report references expansion for cloud services, but neither provides facility-level interconnection details (carriers, IX platforms, fiber entry, meet-me rooms, cross-connects).

💼 Who It Serves

Based strictly on what Utande publicly ties to “Harare and Bulawayo data centres”:

1. Customers using Utande email and website hosting, which Utande states are backed up at its Bulawayo data centre (alongside Harare).
2. Organizations driving increased demand for cloud services (press report context tied to the Bulawayo data centre revamp).

Named tenants and sector-specific customer lists are Not publicly disclosed.