News

• 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.

• Springfield Land Corporation buys Suncorp’s Polaris share

  Springfield Land Corporation is now the sole owner of the tier three Polaris data centre in Springfield, Queensland following its acquisition of Suncorp Bank’s half share for $110.5 million.

• In pictures: Digital Realty Trust breaks ground in Melbourne

  Data centre operator, Digital Realty Trust, had the Victorian Minister for Technology, Gordon Rich-Phillips, digging for victory at its planned 50000 square metre facility in Paramount Park Industrial Complex, Melbourne. The project is expected to be complete in 2013.

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  Digital Realty Trust turns soil at Melbourne data centre sites

  Data centre provider, Digital Realty Trust, has begun preparing a 30,250 square metre property in the Paramount Park Industrial Complex in Melbourne for its two facilities which are expected to contribute up to $365 million to the Victorian economy.

• Macquarie Telecom secures News Ltd as tenant for Intellicentre 2

  Macquarie Telecom has secured Australian newspaper publisher News Limited as a tenant for its ‘Intellicentre 2’ data centre in a “multi-million dollar” deal.

• Macquarie Telecom adds fourth data centre to AGIMO panel

  Macquarie Telecom’s (ASX: MAQ) new Intellicentre 4 (IC4) data centre has been added to the data centre facilities panel established by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

• Vocus forecasts brighter half year results

  Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC) forecasts that its revenue in the first half of FY2012 will be $21.9 million, up from $13.9 million in the previous period.

• Australian-based data subject to Patriot Act: Lawyer

  Data located in Australia but owned or operated by a US company could be accessed under a Patriot Act request, even if this violates National Privacy Principles, a legal expert has warned.

• Top 10 Influential: Australian data centres, Cloud expansion

  While data centres and Cloud computing are not new kinds of technology, they did generate plenty of stories during 2011 as operators began to turn fresh ground for new data centre sites while faced with the Gillard Government’s incoming Carbon Tax.

• Australian data centre market requires $8 billion construction boost: IDC

  Some $8 billion worth of additional data centre facilities will be needed if Australia is going to have a sustainable IT economy in the future, according to analyst firm IDC Australia

• NextDC to deploy IP-Bus UPS at Vic DC

  Data centre operator NextDC (ASX:NXT) has announced a project to deploy what will be Asia-Pacific's first Isolated Parallel Bus (IP-Bus) uninterruptible power supply.