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.

Photos: Inside Facebook's radical Prineville data centre

Photos: Inside Facebook's radical Prineville data centre

Facebook has celebrated the launch of a new data centre in Prineville, Oregon, which the social networking giant claims will set a new standard for power efficiency.
May 3 2011 9:40AM Networking
Report: Time to get serious on data centre safety

Report: Time to get serious on data centre safety

Analyst warns of lax attitude to OH&S.
Brett Winterford May 2 2011 6:00AM Networking
NextDC to spend $80m on WA facility

NextDC to spend $80m on WA facility

Eyes vacant land in Perth.
Liz Tay Apr 20 2011 3:12PM Hardware
Second Polaris data centre planned for Melbourne

Second Polaris data centre planned for Melbourne

A $200 million, five-storey build.
Stuart Finlayson Apr 19 2011 10:19AM Networking
Another data centre for Sydney's tech belt

Another data centre for Sydney's tech belt

NextDC announces new build in Macquarie Park.
Brett Winterford Apr 18 2011 2:04PM Networking
Toll's IT goes global with network refresh

Toll's IT goes global with network refresh

Alongside data centre consolidation project.
Brett Winterford Apr 7 2011 11:06AM Strategy
AGIMO saves $7m with interim data centre panel

AGIMO saves $7m with interim data centre panel

Strives to avoid $1 billion in 15-year plan.
Liz Tay Mar 16 2011 1:41PM Strategy
Gartner: IT efficiency a political challenge

Gartner: IT efficiency a political challenge

Staffing demands to drop as fabric, cloud computing takes off.
Liz Tay Mar 15 2011 3:30PM Strategy
Interactive to invest $50m in data centres

Interactive to invest $50m in data centres

New Melbourne facility, $25m Sydney expansion.
Ry Crozier Mar 11 2011 7:08AM Networking
VMware debuts 'cloud' management tool

VMware debuts 'cloud' management tool

To improve visibility for cloud providers and their customers.
Liz Tay Mar 9 2011 9:45AM Security
VMware debuts 'cloud' management tool

VMware debuts 'cloud' management tool

To improve visibility for cloud providers and their customers.
Liz Tay Mar 9 2011 5:21AM Hardware
NextDC warns investors of construction delays

NextDC warns investors of construction delays

Brisbane opening delayed by floods, Melbourne full steam ahead.
Brett Winterford Feb 11 2011 12:03PM Networking
Opinion: Missed channels at HP's new Sydney data centre

Opinion: Missed channels at HP's new Sydney data centre

No room for co-lo partners at Eastern Creek facility.
Brett Winterford Feb 4 2011 6:29AM Networking
HP announces build of $119m Sydney data centre

HP announces build of $119m Sydney data centre

Eastern Creek site the size of 45 tennis courts.
Brett Winterford Feb 3 2011 12:14PM Networking
Photos: Building HP's Eastern Creek data centre

Photos: Building HP's Eastern Creek data centre

iTnews takes a look at work-in-progress at the massive Eastern Creek site selected for building HP's new Sydney data centre.
Feb 3 2011 11:16AM Networking
Interview: Centrelink's IT chief, John Wadeson

Interview: Centrelink's IT chief, John Wadeson

Human Services considers data centre reform, cloud computing and skills shortages.
Brett Winterford Jan 18 2011 12:59PM Strategy
Centrelink to shutter old data centres

Centrelink to shutter old data centres

Consolidation plan to bring agency IT facilities up to date.
Brett Winterford Jan 18 2011 6:01AM Strategy
BP retains HP for data centre services

BP retains HP for data centre services

U.S. and European workloads transferred to India.
Brett Winterford Dec 30 2010 8:22AM Networking
Vocus to open second Sydney data centre floor

Vocus to open second Sydney data centre floor

New space, new photos.
Ry Crozier Dec 16 2010 6:30AM Networking
HarbourMSP switches to NextDC for data centre

HarbourMSP switches to NextDC for data centre

E3 deal scrapped for NextDC's Melbourne build.
Brett Winterford Nov 30 2010 5:56PM Networking

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