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Author: Nick Parfitt

A+NZ Awards 2024: Interview with Ryan Cockayne, winner of Individual Achievement Award

The winners of the inaugural Australia & New Zealand Cloud & Data Center Awards were announced at a presentation ceremony which followed the Cloud & Datacenter Convention at the Grand Millennium in Auckland on 31 October 2024. The Individual Achievement Award is presented to the individual who has led the industry forward through the labyrinth […]

HMC’s Acquisition of iseek to Seed its Global DigiCo Platform Strategy

HMC Capital Limited (ASX: HMC) today [11th November 2024] announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire shares in iseek, a leading Australian co-location data centre operating platform, for $400m. The iseek acquisition is consistent with HMC’s recently announced strategy to establish a Global Digital Infrastructure Platform (DigiCo). HMC has now secured $2.5bn of […]

Goodman Group’s Q1 FY25 Operational Update Indicates Strength of Data Center Opportunity

The Update indicates that the Goodman Group [Goodman] continues to make progress across a range of opportunities including data centres which the company sees as supported by the long-term structural drivers of the digital economy. Greg Goodman, Group CEO indicated the opportunity presented by data centres in a statement: “ … Our development capabilities and […]

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND AWARDS: WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT CDC NEW ZEALAND

The winners of the inaugural Australia & New Zealand Cloud & Data Center Awards were announced at a presentation ceremony which followed the Cloud & Datacenter Convention at the Grand Millennium in Auckland on Thursday 31st October 2024.   Four categories were announced at the ceremony: The Data Center Project of the Year category rewards best […]

QuintessenceLabs and Equinix Protect Organisations in the Quantum Era

Accelerating quantum-resilient encryption to help enterprises protect critical systems from the emerging threat of quantum adversaries  SYDNEY, Australia – November 6, 2024 – With a rise in advanced cyber threats and the impending era of quantum computing, there is a critical need for enterprise-scale encryption and a proactive transition to quantum-resilient technologies. QuintessenceLabs, renowned for its quantum-safe […]

Starfish Infrastructure continues to move forward

The measured push of the global cloud giants into the markets of the South Eastern Pacific continues as Google’s Starfish Infrastructure Inc is reported to have filed an application with the American Federal Communications Commission to construct, land and operate a private fiber optic submarine to connect the United States with New Zealand and Australia […]

CDC Data Centres announces start of work at data centre campus at Marsden Park

CDC Data Centres announced today [October 25th 2024, AEDT] that they have marked the commencement of work at their largest ever data centre campus to be located in the Marsden Park Industrial Precinct in Sydney. The sod turning ceremony was attended by Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic MP and Blacktown City Council Mayor […]