Spark forges its own data centre path
In contrast to many telcos globally, New Zealand operator Spark has made accelerating its data centre business a core strategy and is now well positioned to capture its share of this market’s growth. W.Media sat down with Spark Data Centres customer and growth lead Matt Ryan to discuss the operator’s ambitions in the space. W.Media: […]
New investment in Australian Data Centre capacity forecast to top $26 billion by 2030, according to Mandala
Mandala’s latest research, commissioned by AirTrunk, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CDC, Microsoft and NEXTDC finds investment in Australian data centre capacity is empowering innovation, jobs, essential services and the clean energy transition. New investment in Australian data centre capacity is forecast to top $26 billion by 2030 to meet soaring digital demand driven by internet-connected […]
Macquarie Technology Group Limited announces successful refinancing and upsizing of debt capacity to $450m
Macquarie Technology Group Limited (ASX: MAQ) (the “Group”) today [21 October 2024] announced the successful signing of a debt refinancing to support their ongoing data centre expansion. Under the new syndicated facility agreement, the Group has access to a five-year secured revolving loan facility in the amount of A$450m, representing an increase of A$260m to […]
NextDC acquires land for data center campus at Eastern Creek in Sydney
NEXTDC Limited has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a new data center site, S7, which is expected to significantly boost its capacity and capabilities in the region. With a potential capacity of 550MW, S7 represents a major investment in Australia’s digital infrastructure. The S7 site is in Eastern Creek, approximately […]
VIOTAS: Transforming Data Centre Energy Infrastructure: From Consumption to Contribution
As the backbone of our digital world, data centres power cloud services, streaming platforms, and an expanding IoT network. However, the growth of these services comes with a significant challenge: the vast amount of energy they consume. As data centres grow, so does their impact on power grids. But there is an opportunity for data […]
Plan B: Living in a Hybrid Digital World
The history of data centres can broadly be divided into three key eras – first, the era of on-prem, then the era where increasing numbers of on-prem data centres were colocated, and then an era when enterprise infrastructure was migrated into cloud. This history is not a series of straight transitions nor does it play […]
TPG Telecom agrees sale of fibre and fixed EGW assets to Vocus
TPG Telecom Limited has announced [14/10/24] that it has entered into a binding Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) to sell its fibre network infrastructure assets and Enterprise, Government and Wholesale (EGW) fixed business, including Vision Network, to Vocus Group Limited (Vocus) for an enterprise value of $5,250 million [1] (the Transaction) including a potential $250 million […]
Mark Thiele: Balancing data centre demand with sustainability
Auckland keynote Mark Thiele co-founded Edgevana in 2019 after a career in cloud computing where he observed, first hand, the forces shaping the industry and the role for data centres in delivering it. The startup, which is still in stealth mode, is looking to lower the barrier to entry for companies that are attempting to […]
Proposal for new data centre in Canberra founded on Morrison government policy, under scrutiny
Reports today [12 October 2024] in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald (among others publications) describe the proposal to build a giant data centre to store defence secrets and other sensitive government information as part of a $500 million venture proposed by Stuart Robert. Among a number of Ministerial roles over the course of […]
The role of the Open Compute Project and Rittal in reshaping New Zealand Data Centres
An industry at a critical juncture New Zealand’s data centre industry is on the brink of significant growth, driven by the accelerating pace of digital transformation nationally and a surge in demand from cloud services, video streaming, and 5G networks. Market investment is projected to reach $9.49 billion by 2028 , and the country’s data […]