NEXTDC Sydney S1 News

Progress has been made on NEXTDC's S3 data center, it has been announced. Multiplex, the company working on the development, has outlined that it has begun 'topping out' the structure in the Artarmon on Sydney's lower North Shore. The facility spans 26,770 square meters of data halls and ancil...

NextDC has revealed more details of its Darwin data center in Australia. The Australian data center firm revealed its plans for an 8MW data center a while back. The facility will span across 32,300 square feet (3,000 square meters) of technical space. In addition, it will also have 15 data hal...

NextDC has announced its plans to develop a data center in Adelaide, Australia. The Australian data center firm revealed that it had purchased land to develop a 10MW data center which will be called A1 Adelaide. The facility will be a Tier IV-certified data center. It will also develop a Missi...

NextDC has acquired an Edge data center site located in Maroochydore, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. The planned SC1 facility will have a capacity of 1MW. The facility will also be the landing station for the Sunshine Coast International Broadband Network (SCIBN), which connects to the 7000k...

NextDC has acquired a 20 percent stake in Australian cloud provider AUCloud. Sovereign Cloud Holdings is trading under the name AUCloud. It offers sovereign cloud services targeting defense intelligence, the Australian Government, and Critical National Industry customers. NextDC invested $17 m...

NextDC has revealed its plan to expand to Darwin, Australia’s Northern Territory. It would be developing a Tier III data center called D1 in Darwin’s Central Business District. NextDC didn’t reveal the details of the facility’s specifications and the cost of the land it acquired.CEO of NextDC,...

Following its scathing 'Hero to Zero' report, Greenpeace has hit out again at large companies using carbon offsets to meet sustainability targets. At the Reuters Impact conference, Greenpeace's Executive Director Jennifer Morgan said there's "no time" for offsets and that the climate emergency...

Greenwashing is unfortunately prevalent in most industries these days. From McDonald's rolling out non-recyclable paper straws to Eni claiming that its palm oil-based diesel was 'green' - companies claiming they care about sustainability whilst failing to deliver on their promises is rife. As ...

The Melbourne City Council has granted NextDC planning approval for its M3 data center. The data center in question has 150MW of capacity, and it is on 100,000 sqm (1,076,400 sq ft) of land. It will also be built to serve hyperscale customers. NextDC sited the M3 facility in West Footscray, wh...

In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, which is the equivalent of the entire airline industry worldwide. It has also been forecast that by 2025, data centers could consume up to one-fifth of Earth’s power.Increasingly, data center companies are waking up to ...

Stockland has announced plans to build a five-story new data center in Sydney, which, according to the Australian Financial Review, might be for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The facility, worth AU$264 million (US$204.3 million), was reportedly fast-tracked by the New South Wales Government due t...

NEXTDC recently reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability by announcing its new data center carbon neutrality program, NEXTneutral. It is the first carbon-neutral colocation solution available in the local market and accredited as 100% carbon neutral under the Australian Federal Government's...

NEXTDC announced it signed an additional 6 megawatts in Victoria. This is over and above the 27 MW of customer commitments that were announced in March 2020. The contracted customer commitments will support approximately 60 MW of growth in the state of Victoria, which represents the company's ...

NEXTDC, The Australia-based data centre operator, completed a $408 million USD ($672 million AUD) in institutional placement and announced plans to accelerate the development of its S3 Sydney data center. The first phase will be 12 MW and is expected to be completed by the first half of fiscal...