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NextDC Announces Plans for Data Center in Melbourne

Australian data center firm NextDC this week announced a AU$2 billion (US$1.29bn) commitment to develop M4 Melbourne — a new campus at 127 Todd Road in Port Melbourne. The company said the site will host an AI Factory: a liquid-cooled facility engineered for sovereign AI. NextDC said the facto...

June 14, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC launches new facility in Darwin

Australian data center firm NextDC this week officially opened D1 data center in Darwin, developed in partnership with the Northern Territory Government and Vocus. NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie said: “D1 will play a pivotal role in accelerated computing and represents the next step towards achiev...

August 16, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC receives Nvidia DGX-Ready data center certification

Australian data center operator NextDC has received Nvidia DGX-Ready certification which enables the operator to support Australian organizations with digital infrastructure architectures designed for Nvidia's artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. NextDC's chief customer and commercial offi...

August 07, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC seeks funding for expansion plans

Australian data center operator NextDC is seeking to raise AU$1.3 billion to fund its expansion plans. The company plans to raise the cash from existing investors via a share issue, which will allow its backers to purchase one new share in the company for every six they already own. NextDC say...

April 11, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC commences construction on Darwin data center

Two years after sharing initial plans, NextDC has finally begun construction at its D1 8MW data center in Australia's Northern Territory in Darwin. The site located close to the Charles Darwin University CBD campus is being constructed by Kapitol Group NT and is expected to create around 200...

November 23, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC is developing a modular data center in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

Western Australia has received an Edge data center module from NextDC. According to the company's website, the 1.5MW, single-story PH1 provides technical space for 320 racks across 7,825 square feet. The company has projected a go-live date of August 2023.The company stated that the data cente...

August 09, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC announces completion of S3 data center in Sydney, Australia

NextDC has announced that it has completed construction at its S3 data center in Sydney, Australia, following AU$1 billion (US$685m) of investment, two months ahead of schedule. Construction first began at the facility in March 2021, with the first phase completed last year, in August. The se...

June 20, 2023

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NextDC is Looking For $413.3m For Global Expansion

NextDC, an Australian data center company, will open projects in Kuala Lumpur and Auckland. They secretly added New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan data center proposals to its site last month. None of the locations had timelines or specifications. The company disclosed foreign expansion in an AS...

May 12, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC Reveals New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan Data Center Initiatives

Plans for new data center projects in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan have been subtly added to NextDC's website. The prospective plans to expand in New Zealand were initially reported by Reseller News a few weeks ago. They stated that the company had purchased several blocks of land in centr...

May 08, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

Telstra Exchange Facility and Property for Sale Near Melbourne, Australia.

Under a sale-leaseback agreement, Telstra is offering a minor exchange facility in the environs of Melbourne for sale. The east Melbourne neighborhood of Rowville's 12 Lambourne Avenue is being put up for sale by the Australian telecom. A brick structure of 1,430 square feet on one story, sitt...

February 16, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Melbourne

NextDC Looking To Buy Global Switch's APAC Portfolio

According to reports, NextDC is looking to acquire Global Switch’s Asia-Pacific arm. The Australian data center firm has contacted Macquarie Capital to find a financial partner for the purchase. Global Switch has been looking to sell its business for more than a year. Besides, it was in dis...

June 02, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Global Switch

NextDC makes progress on S3 data center

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...

May 12, 2022

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NextDC Reveals Specifications For Its Planned D1 Facility in Darwin, Australia

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 ...

March 29, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC To Develop a Tier IV-Certified Data Center in Adelaide, Australia

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...

February 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC moves into Queensland's Sunshine Coast

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...

December 14, 2021

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Hickory DC is developing a 72MW data center in Melbourne

Australian real estate development company Hickory has begun construction on its first data center in Melbourne. The company first revealed plans for the data center in June. The facility will be located on a 3.5-hectare site in Truganina, West Melbourne. The data center was to have 269,000 sq...

December 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Melbourne

NextDC to acquire a 20 percent stake in AUCloud

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 $1...

November 23, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

NextDC plans to build a data center in Darwin, Australia

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 Ne...

October 29, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NEXTDC

Carbon offsets under the microscope: Greenpeace reasserts its position

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...

October 11, 2021

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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

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