Macquarie Data Centres to build Sydney North facility
Macquarie Data Centres’ latest 32MW facility will come with a cyber security centre that monitors and manages cyber security events
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Macquarie Data Centres is building its largest facility at its Sydney datacentre campus to meet the needs of corporate, government and multinational customers and enhance New South Wales’ cyber security infrastructure and capabilities.
Dubbed IC3 Super West, the 32MW facility, located in the Sydney North Zone, is designed to interconnect with IC3 East, bringing the total IT load of the campus to 50MW.
Certification forces departments to use Australian data centres. By David Braue on Jun 15 2021 10:48 AM Print article
Australian government data to remain onshore. Photo: Shutterstock
Government agencies must only store sensitive information in data centres certified under the new Hosting Certification Framework (HCF), with the first providers now accredited in a scheme designed to marginalise China-owned data centre operators.
Australian Data Centres (ADC), Canberra Data Centres (CDC), and Macquarie Telecom (Canberra Campus) are now the only three companies allowed to host Australian government data, after they were certified under the HCF released in March by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA).
The move is the latest step in a Whole of Government Hosting Strategy that has amongst its key pillars the goal of protecting Australian government data with “robust, risk-based assessments to ensure data sovereignty and supply chain integrity”.
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Infratil flags dividend boost courtesy of Vodafone NZ and Canberra Data Centres
$250 million invested in digital infrastructure and technology in 2020.
Jason Boyes (Infratil CEO) Credit: Supplied
ASX and NZX-listed investor Infratil expects dividend payments to grow as cash earnings from CDC Data Centres and Vodafone NZ rise and contributions arrive from new investments.
In whole or in part Infratil owns renewable energy, digital infrastructure, airport and social infrastructure businesses in growth sectors across Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Europe.
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Jason Boyes became chief executive of Infratil in February. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Infratil says the growth of its largest business, Canberra Data Centres, remains strong with a lower earnings outlook reflecting the time it takes to build new centres. On Wednesday the listed Infrastructure fund reported earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and fair value movements (EBITDAF) of $398.8 million for the year to March 31 on Wednesday, up from $370.2m a year earlier.
A surge in performance fees at its international business for manager Morrison & Co, and unrealised losses on energy derivatives at Trustpower, meant it reported a net loss of $49.2m.