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DC Matrix plans six Edge data centers in Queensland, Australia

DC Matrix, a new Edge data center firm based in Queensland, Australia, wants to build six data centers in Queensland. The first of the six facilities will be in Slippy Downs, on the Sunshine Coast. The chief digital infrastructure officer at DC Matrix, Adam Gibson, said the building design of ...

August 02, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Edge Centres

A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?

In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, equivalent to 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 the fact that...

July 21, 2021

Amazon AWS

3D Pioneer Systems acquires Host Networks

3D Pioneer Systems-DPSM just acquired Host Group of Companies Pty Lt for $2.6 million. Host Group operates a data center on Brandl Street, Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane. Besides, the facility has a capacity of 125 cabinets, and it can be upgraded to 200 cabinets. Also, the data center offers clo...

June 24, 2021

Eric Bell

Host Networks BNE1

Amber Infrastructure Group acquires majority stake in iseek

Amber Infrastructure Group has acquired the majority stake in iseek, an Australian data center Company. Amber Infrastructure Group is an investment management firm, while iseek offers cloud and connectivity services from five data centers in Australia. Acquiring the major stake in iseek shows ...

June 18, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

iseek Communications

NEXTDC launches NEXTneutral, its carbon neutrality program

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...

March 17, 2021

Eric Bell

NEXTDC

NEXTDC signed 6MW in Victoria in the last month, Announces expansions

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 ...

May 01, 2020

Eric Bell

NEXTDC

NEXTDC raised $408 million (USD) and announced Sydney expansion

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...

April 02, 2020

Eric Bell

NEXTDC

5G Networks acquires Melbourne Data Centre for 5.7 million

Australian telecommunications carrier 5G Networks (ASX: 5GN) will add $3 million of annualised revenue to its books through the $5.7 million acquisition of Melbourne Data Centre (MDC). The investment will enable a strategic expansion of 5GN’s infrastructure footprint and strengthen its cur...

April 03, 2019

Eric Bell

5G Networks (5GN)

NEXTDC appointed Enterprise data centre provider for Queensland Government

NextDC will provide the Queensland government with data center-as-a-Service (DCaaS) solutions from its Brisbane facilities. The Australian colo company is the second provider to join the Queensland government’s ICT supplier panel in addition to Pulse Data Centre. NEXTDC's Announcement:We have ...

March 26, 2019

Eric Bell

NEXTDC Brisbane B1

Urbis Plans New Data Centre For Brisbane Market

Planning and urban design company Urbis has applied to authorities to build a new Australian data centre in the Brisbane area.The company’s application shows intent to build on a plot at 7001 Hoepner Road, Bundamba, which is near the city of Ipswich, around 30km from Brisbane. The initial con...

October 17, 2018

Eric Bell

Urbis

Tenant becomes landlord with NextDC taking over buildings from APDC

NextDC is set to take over the properties housing its data centres in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.As the sole tenant of the three buildings, NextDC was presented the opportunity – and the price tag of around AU$300 million – to purchase back Asia Pacific Data Centres (APDC) and consequently ...

October 17, 2018

Eric Bell

NEXTDC

NEXTDC launches Australia's first Uptime Institute Tier IV-Certified Constructed Facility (PR)

NEXTDC announced that its B2 Brisbane data centre is the first Australian data centre – and the first Asia Pacific colocation data centre – to receive Tier IV Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF) from Uptime Institute, the world’s leading independent data centre advisory and certifica...

October 05, 2017

Eric Bell

NEXTDC Brisbane B2

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