While working briefly for a telecom I was involved in a project that was installing point to point microwave transmitters in Africa instead of fiber optic cable

While working briefly for a telecom I was involved in a project that was installing point to point microwave transmitters in Africa instead of fiber optic cable because the locals kept cutting the cables hoping to steal the non-existent copper. Without the logistical infrastructure in place I don't know how you hope to drop a data center in Africa and hope to have costs be anywhere near what they are in the developed world.