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• Large enterprises handing off data center builds

  Demand for data center space is on the rise. IT pros responsible for facility planning are juggling physical requirements for secure, power-abundant space with operational considerations, including the need to improve disaster recovery, deploy new applications and services, and handle increasingly large data volumes.

• Report: IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack

  IBM and Red Hat could soon be joining the ranks of OpenStack supporters, giving the open source Cloud project a big boost.

• 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.

• 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.

• Moving to the cloud in 2012? Look out for these pitfalls

  Businesses that want to take advantage of the maturing cloud marketplace in 2012 can learn from some common mistakes others have made when moving to infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings, experts said.

• Equinix creates market for data center clients to trade services

  Equinix has launched an online marketplace for its data center customers, to make it easier for them to buy and sell network, managed hosting and other services among themselves.

• In pictures: Equinix's SY3 data centre

  A look inside Equinix's new Sydney 3 (SY3) data centre.

• Equinix mulls Melbourne data centre

  Data centre provider Equinix is mulling construction of a Melbourne facility in response to growing demand from customers at its Sydney 1 (SY1) and Sydney 2 (SY2) facilities.

• 10 questions for Equinix CFO Keith Taylor

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• Sydney data centres keep cool in heat wave

  Despite energy demands increasing as temperatures reach 40 degrees Celcius in Sydney this week, data centres in the area have not yet reported any power failures.

• Equinix announces new SY3 Sydney data centre

  The current data centre gold rush in Australia shows no signs of petering out if the latest $72 million investment by Equinix in the first phase of its new International Business Exchange data centre, SY3, in Sydney is anything to go by.

• PIPE Networks picks Equinix for PPC-1 interconnect

  PIPE Networks (ASX: PWK) has picked the Equinix data centre in Sydney as an interconnect provider for the recently launched PPC-1 undersea cable.

• Equinix ups US access for Aussie customers

  Equinix has acquired Switch & Data Facilities Company in a $689 million deal that will see the data centre services provider expand its presence from six to 22 markets.

• Alcatel-Lucent, Equinix debut Ethernet 'exchange'

  Alcatel-Lucent and data services provider Equinix have developed a program aimed at helping Ethernet carriers interconnect their networks.

• Equinix power outage downs VoIP, tweets up a storm

  Twitter has been flooded with complaints about a power outage at Equinix's Sydney data centre which apparently knocked out data and network systems, including VoIP.