On May 11, 2017, Cloudflare opened its second data center in South Africa, located in Cape Town. This expansion follows the company's first data center in Africa, which was established in Johannesburg back in December 2014. The new data center is expected to improve internet performance and reduce latency for millions of users in the region. With this addition, Cloudflare now operates six data centers across Africa, including facilities in Cairo, Luanda, Mombasa, Djibouti, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.