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.

New subsea cable system planned between New Zealand and Australia

New subsea cable system planned between New Zealand and Australia

Part of US$500 million South Island hyperscale data centre build.
Juha Saarinen Dec 15 2020 12:18PM Cloud
Boral cuts US$1m a year from its cloud costs

Boral cuts US$1m a year from its cloud costs

Concrete maker cracks down on cloud economics.
Ry Crozier Dec 7 2020 7:01AM Strategy
Digital Realty to build 250MW data centre campus in Western Sydney

Digital Realty to build 250MW data centre campus in Western Sydney

Buys two new parcels of land.
Ry Crozier Nov 17 2020 1:24PM Cloud
Tabcorp servers damaged after fire at third-party data centre

Tabcorp servers damaged after fire at third-party data centre

Causes service issues through the weekend.
Ry Crozier Nov 8 2020 10:41AM Hardware
Bureau of Meteorology shuts oldest data centre after 46 years

Bureau of Meteorology shuts oldest data centre after 46 years

Now "fully decommissioned".
Justin Hendry Oct 26 2020 6:34AM Hardware
Defence strikes $20m portable data centre deal

Defence strikes $20m portable data centre deal

Four self-contained units to be built.
Justin Hendry Aug 27 2020 12:53PM Strategy
TikTok to open first European data centre in Ireland

TikTok to open first European data centre in Ireland

Investment to strengthen user data safeguards.
Padraic Halpin Aug 7 2020 6:53AM Software
Govt consults on foreign investment reforms for telcos, data centres

Govt consults on foreign investment reforms for telcos, data centres

Including its definition of sensitive national security businesses.
Justin Hendry Aug 6 2020 6:36AM Strategy
Inside NEXTDC's new Sydney data centre, S2

Inside NEXTDC's new Sydney data centre, S2

A look at NEXTDC's new 30MW data centre, located at the Macquarie Park business precinct in Sydney.
Matt Johnston Aug 5 2020 3:52PM Cloud
Telstra sells Clayton data centre complex for $416m

Telstra sells Clayton data centre complex for $416m

Agrees to initial 30-year lease for the site.
Ry Crozier Aug 5 2020 9:25AM Telco/ISP
Nielsen data centre hit by suspected cyber attack

Nielsen data centre hit by suspected cyber attack

TV ratings data delayed after 'unexpected disruption'.
Justin Hendry Jul 22 2020 11:48AM Security
Australia Post to expand its network transformation

Australia Post to expand its network transformation

New stage focuses on data centre and cloud interconnectivity.
Ry Crozier Jun 29 2020 7:10AM Cloud
NSW govt data centre goes down after power outage

NSW govt data centre goes down after power outage

NSW Health, Service NSW impacted.
Justin Hendry Jun 23 2020 1:23PM Strategy
Macquarie Telecom to build govt data centre in Canberra

Macquarie Telecom to build govt data centre in Canberra

Sinks $17m into first stage.
Justin Hendry Jun 16 2020 12:20PM Hardware
RBA to build 'data bunker' to safeguard payments system from outages

RBA to build 'data bunker' to safeguard payments system from outages

Looks to boost core system resiliency.
Justin Hendry Jun 10 2020 2:10PM Strategy
Amazon invests in second Australian solar farm

Amazon invests in second Australian solar farm

Advances renewable energy goals.
Justin Hendry May 21 2020 5:00PM Strategy
ATO inks $73m deal with Canberra Data Centres

ATO inks $73m deal with Canberra Data Centres

Ditches Global Switch.
Justin Hendry Apr 15 2020 6:58AM Strategy
Cloud providers rush spare data centre capacity

Cloud providers rush spare data centre capacity

As demand for services skyrockets.
Ry Crozier Apr 1 2020 6:53AM Cloud
NBN Co to bring enterprise services into "selected" data centres

NBN Co to bring enterprise services into "selected" data centres

Plots trial.
Ry Crozier Mar 3 2020 6:49AM Telco/ISP
ATO reveals cause of tax time IT outage

ATO reveals cause of tax time IT outage

Fault traced to two routers after traffic spike.
Justin Hendry Jan 10 2020 12:20PM Strategy

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