• NextDC completes share purchase plan

  NextDC (ASX:NXT) has netted some $9.93 million following the completion of its 2012 share purchase plan.

• Equinix fast tracks phase two of SY3 data centre

  Data centre provider, Equinix, has brought the construction of phase two of its third Sydney data centre (SY3) six months forward due to heavy customer demand.

• Monitoring the key to streamlining efficiencies?

  Effectively monitoring data centres – their systems, applications and servers – can not only help streamline process but also enable quicker responses to failures.

• NextDC reduces its carbon footprint with solar

  NextDC has moved to reduce the carbon footprint of its data centres through adopting photovoltaic technology to power its M1 data centre, based in Port Melbourne.

• More Australian companies planning data centre expansion in 2012: Report

  Australian data centre growth is set to continue well into 2012 according to the findings of a survey conducted for data centre provider, Digital Realty Trust.

• Slideshow: Verb IT first with HP Performance Optimised Datacentre (POD)

  Sydney-based Verb IT is the first company in the Asia Pacific region to provision an HP Performance Optimised Datacentre (POD) next-generation data centre in a shipping container. The new Verb DC site where the POD is located is a standard industrial warehouse in Wyong on the NSW Central Coast (one hour north of Sydney). Verb DC is schedueld to go live in September after a 14-week project, including the POD delivery time. In what is being painted as a big win for the Central Coast IT industry, the new POD will provide computing services to local businesses and the world.

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  Data centers go underground

  As Hurricane Ike bore down on Houston one Friday last September, the Continental Airlines' flight operations center, located on the 14th floor of a glass-sided downtown high rise, suddenly went dark. For the airline's pilots and flight crews, however, business proceeded as usual.

• Researchers speed up the chase for cooler data centers

  With energy costs rising and data centers at the core of IT strategy for many companies, cooling the growing number of computers jammed into data centers is an issue that has taken center stage.

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  Inside Internode's data centre

  Computerworld gets an exclusive behind the scenes look inside Internode's Adelaide data centre with network guru Mark Newton

• HP uses outside air, big fans, 12-foot raised floor to cool servers

  Just off the North Sea coast in the United Kingdom, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s EDS unit has built a data center that largely relies on cold sea air to keep servers chilled and -- by doing so -- cut the center's cooling power needs in half.

Whitepapers about data centres

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  Eliminating Tape

  When it comes to storage and backup, the old tape may not ‘cut the mustard’ in today’s world. But how does one move on from tape? This Computerworld Australia Guide, sponsored by EMC, examines whether the Cloud will provide a viable long-term archiving option to magnetic tape. This guide also looks at eliminating tape by examining storage and backup alternatives, taking examples of organisations that have managed to overcome problems with tape. Read more.

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  OVUM Report: Governance Risk and Compliance-- GRC usage and buying trends in the ANZ markets

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  Delivering Tomorrow's Backup and Recovery Infrastructure

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  Seven Steps to Effective Data Governance