JLL announces Sale of Norwest, Sydney site to GreenSquareDC
In a LinkedIn post today, Tom Madigan, Senior Director, Head of Data Centres Capital Markets – Alternative Investments at JLL announced the sale of 3 Brookhollow Avenue in Norwest, Sydney to GreenSquareDC. He stated that the property will serve as the inaugural asset for a new AUD 1.2 billion platform. The site is strategically located […]
Macquarie Cloud Services collaborates with CAUDIT to advance IT in education
Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ), have today [May 15th 2025] announced the launch of CAUDIT Cloud, a purpose-built cloud solution for research and education, designed in collaboration with CAUDIT, the peak body for ICT in the higher education and research sectors across Australasia. The solution will support the full spectrum […]
Nokia enhances Optus’s 5G network with improved capacity and coverage across regional Australia
Nokia will support Optus’s network evolution by boosting its 5G network capabilities and modernizing sites in regional parts of Australia, the company announced today. Nokia will deploy its latest generation of Habrok Massive MIMO radios and its Levante ultra-performance baseband solutions from its AirScale portfolio to enhance the performance of Optus’ network. This strategic upgrade […]
Telstra and Accenture Launch Silicon Valley Hub to Rapidly Advance Benefits of AI for Telstra Customers and People
Telstra and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today launched an AI Silicon Valley hub, a first-of-its-kind innovation facility for Telstra to incubate and accelerate its top priorities. As part of the Telstra and Accenture joint venture, which officially kicked off in April, the hub provides direct access to cutting edge technology, top engineering talent and collaboration spaces […]
Does liquid cooling create a single point of failure?
With AI driving the adoption of liquid cooling have we come to the point where we’ve now introduced a single point of failure into our facilities…the fluid? Speaking at the Melbourne Cloud and Datacenter Convention, BP’s Asia Pacific data centre market development director Mark Roberts cautioned that with the rise of direct liquid cooling (DLC) […]
UPDATE on ‘Spark seeking co-investors for its data centre portfolio’
UPDATE May 12th 2025: The Australian reports that Spark’s data centre portfolio has attracted the attention of Stonepeak, an investment company headquartered in New York. Stonepeak describes its ‘thematic’ investment approach as aiming ‘to deliver strong long-term performance by investing in businesses supported by favourable trends’. Currently, its digital infrastructure portfolio includes 16 platforms with […]
Sovereignty and AI are changing how cloud services are used
Sovereignty & Security The ability to store and manage data from within our own shores is a national security requirement. But as the Australian Strategic Policy Institute pointed out in November [1], as a critical consideration for compliance with local and global data protection standards, Australia is highly dependent on offshore data storage systems for […]
STACK Infrastructure looking at US$ 800 million loan for to invest into its Australian data centre presence
The Tech Capital reports that, according to a Bloomberg report, Stack Infrastructure is allegedly seeking a loan of around AU$1.3 billion in order to help meet the increasing demands of AI and cloud. The acceleration of AI is a major driver of requirements for new data centres for operators across the Asia Pacific and as […]
Accessing and operating future-ready digital infrastructure
Digital infrastructure in Australia is facing a number of key questions, not simply as a result of accelerating demand trends but also due to technologies that are challenging the established means of meeting demand. One of the key panels at the Melbourne Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2025 debated that while the growth of AI learning […]
Lightstorm Completes Integration of RTI Cables’ assets to Strengthen Data Center Connectivity in Asia, Australia, and the US
In a release issued on May 6, 2025, Lightstorm, a leading provider of digital network infrastructure connectivity solutions headquartered in Singapore, announced the successful integration of the assets acquired from RTI Cables, further enhancing its global subsea and terrestrial network. With over 75 Tbps of capacity, connectivity across 25+ data centers, and coverage in 7 key markets—Tokyo, Sydney, Brisbane, Guam, Hawaii, Los […]