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How to demystify the cloud and data centres for customers
|Our CEO @David Tudehope recently featured on The Today Show to explain where the cloud lives and how it works. While it may be obvious to those in the business, the interview did reveal some simple ways we can explain the workings of the cloud to the...
How the push for sustainability is driving data centre innovation
|Sustainability is becoming an undeniable business imperative. Public and shareholder pressure is driving corporations to take a more active role in reducing their environmental impact and to operate in more sustainable ways. What’s more, corporatio...
Colocation: Delivering resilience in a changing world
|In a year of such rapid change, enterprises have developed a laser focus on business resiliency. For some IT departments’ resiliency was already a cornerstone of their digital transformation roadmap. But for many it was the sudden changes brought o...
Macquarie Data Centres announces 10MW customer contract win with leading corporation
|Sydney, 11 November 2020 – Macquarie Technology Group Limited (ASX: MAQ) is pleased to announce that its Macquarie Data Centres business has entered into a contract for the provision of approximately 10MW of capacity (IT Load) at its Macquarie Park...
The next frontier of gaming
|Outside of the data centre industry, gamers are one of the few groups of people that understand the importance of low latency, lag and server locations. They know all too well how a minute delay in the delivery of packets can completely ruin their ex...
Macquarie Data Centres tops out hyperscale-ready facility in Sydney North Zone
|Demonstrating Australia’s resilience throughout the coronavirus pandemic Intellicentre 3 (IC3) Data Centre facts and figures: AU$85 million – stage 1 investment for IC3 build 43MW – size and scale of Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus once IC3...
AI and IoT Applications in the Data Centre: Optimising and Streamlining Performance
|With hybrid, hyperscale and decentralised infrastructure on the rise, data centres are increasing in size and complexity. The role of data centre managers is becoming broader and more complex, too. These days, operators are required to run weightier ...
Growing cloud use requires a new approach to security risk management
|The massive demand for cloud-based services as a result of COVID-19 – and the ongoing shift from CAPEX to OPEX – has driven a huge uptick in the number of platforms and systems an enterprise has to deal with. It’s also increased the volume of d...
Macquarie Announces New Canberra Government Data Centre
|Macquarie Data Centres invests AU$100M in Australian data centres this year with both Fortune 100 and 42% of Federal Government now leveraging its facilities. Macquarie Data Centres and Macquarie Government, part of Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: M...
The Importance of a Mission Critical Data Centre in a Global Crisis
|Opinion Piece. Contributed by Nicholas Bojko, Chief Information Security Officer, Macquarie Data Centres. Over the past 4 months Australia has encountered some of the most significant environmental events impacting our general way of life as we know ...