Spotlight on data centres Spotlight on data centres

With an ever-increasing focus on energy use, efficiency and sustainability, the Australian data centre market is thriving and continuing to evolve.

Over the next two weeks iTnews will be looking at key trends such as new advancements in power and cooling technology, server and processor architecture, networks, storage, the co-location industry, cloud, as well as developments in modularisation and containerisation.

Special thanks to the support of Cisco, which has come onboard as a sponsor for our activities this week.

Telstra flags more Aussie regions for public cloud

Telstra flags more Aussie regions for public cloud

Potential two-city presence.
Ry Crozier Mar 12 2015 7:30AM Networking
NextDC betas open DC management tool

NextDC betas open DC management tool

Enters SaaS market with vendor-neutral solution.
Penny Wolf Mar 12 2015 5:09AM Hardware
IBM opens Sydney SoftLayer data centre

IBM opens Sydney SoftLayer data centre

Several months late to launch.
Andrew Colley Mar 11 2015 1:57PM Software
Facebook launches 'Yosemite' Open Compute server chassis

Facebook launches 'Yosemite' Open Compute server chassis

Targets scale-out systems.
Juha Saarinen Mar 11 2015 5:57AM Hardware
Equinix's Melbourne data centre to open in weeks

Equinix's Melbourne data centre to open in weeks

ME1 to span 9800 square metres and 1500 cabinets.
Juha Saarinen Mar 5 2015 10:47AM Storage
Alibaba muscles in on Amazon's turf with new US data centre

Alibaba muscles in on Amazon's turf with new US data centre

Chinese cloud business starts building in Silicon Valley.
John Ruwitch , Paul Carsten Mar 4 2015 8:32PM Storage
Australia Post completes data centre overhaul

Australia Post completes data centre overhaul

Laying foundations for the future.
Staff Writers Mar 4 2015 10:49AM Hardware
Apple to spend billions on two new Euro data centres

Apple to spend billions on two new Euro data centres

Powered by renewable energy.
Juha Saarinen Feb 24 2015 6:51AM Storage
Supernap's $1bn bet on Reno

Supernap's $1bn bet on Reno

Nevada facility larger than all Australia's co-lo combined.
Staff Writers Feb 19 2015 5:09PM Hardware
Vocus splashes $23.5m on two data centres

Vocus splashes $23.5m on two data centres

Acquires EDC business and assets.
Allie Coyne Feb 13 2015 11:27AM Hardware
Apple to build data centre out of failed sapphire plant

Apple to build data centre out of failed sapphire plant

Invests $2.6 billion in conversion.
Staff Writers Feb 3 2015 10:27AM Hardware
Fujitsu Perth data centre suffers power outage

Fujitsu Perth data centre suffers power outage

Storms down services for WA Health.
Allie Coyne Feb 2 2015 12:17PM Networking
Amazon wind farm to power data centres

Amazon wind farm to power data centres

Aims for 150 megawatt capacity.
Juha Saarinen Jan 21 2015 6:51AM Storage
IT pros to share data centre tips at 2015 summit

IT pros to share data centre tips at 2015 summit

[Blog post] How to get the best value out of your facilities.
Penny Wolf Jan 20 2015 2:16PM Networking
Tatts Group CIO signs off after more than 10 years

Tatts Group CIO signs off after more than 10 years

Veteran IT boss hunts for new challenge.
Allie Coyne Jan 20 2015 6:46AM Strategy
iiNet's Perth data centre melts in heatwave

iiNet's Perth data centre melts in heatwave

Service restored to angry customers over six hours later.
Staff Writers Jan 6 2015 9:13AM Hardware
Telstra eyes up Pacnet for acquisition

Telstra eyes up Pacnet for acquisition

Working to take over 46,000km of undersea cable.
Allie Coyne Dec 17 2014 3:23PM Telco/ISP
Data centre outage hits all Queensland hospitals

Data centre outage hits all Queensland hospitals

[Updated] CTO explains what happened.
Paris Cowan Dec 10 2014 4:50PM Storage
First round of speakers for Data Centre Summit 2015

First round of speakers for Data Centre Summit 2015

[Blog post] Experts in DR and data centres to converge on the Gold Coast.
Penny Wolf Dec 5 2014 11:00AM Networking
IBM nabs $99m Transport for NSW deal

IBM nabs $99m Transport for NSW deal

Value of infrastructure mega-contract revealed.
Allie Coyne Nov 28 2014 11:44AM Hardware

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