Greenpeace's 'The Hero to Zero' report explores the green work being done by the Australian tech industry 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 ... September 21, 2021 NEXTDC
NextDC receives approval for its 150MW Melbourne data center 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,... August 13, 2021 NEXTDC
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 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)
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 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 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 NEXTDC
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 NEXTDC