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Celebrating the value of diverse perspectives on International Women's Day

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International Women's Day must move beyond symbolism to drive year-round action on diversity, better decisions and truly inclusive leadership.
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NEXTDC invests USD $200m in Sunshine Coast AI data centre

Tue, 29th Jul 2025
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NEXTDC plans a USD $200m AI-optimised data centre, SC2, on Sunshine Coast, boosting Queensland as a key digital and innovation hub.
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NextDC wins top award at PTC25 for data centre excellence

Fri, 31st Jan 2025
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Australia's NEXTDC has received the Outstanding Data Centre Company Award at the PTC25 event in Hawaii, highlighting its pivotal role in digital infrastructure.
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Top 10 trends for data centre facility in 2024 revealed

Mon, 22nd Jan 2024
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Huawei forecasts a shift towards prioritising safety and reliability over cost and efficiency in data centres.
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Uptime Institute boosts global expansion with new Chief Business Officer

Fri, 22nd Dec 2023
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Uptime Institute has named Mustapha Louni as its new Chief Business Officer, strengthening its commitment to global expansion.
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New Uptime analysis highlights worsening downtime costs and consequences

Fri, 10th Jun 2022
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Downtime costs are increasing as data infrastructure struggles to curb failures, according to new data from Uptime Institute.
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Data Exchange Networks achieves world-first

Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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After receiving a new Uptime Institute award, DXN is now the first modular data centre developer in the world equipped to blend different standards.
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Data Exchange makes the Uptime Institute Tier Certification cut

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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Data Exchange's modular data centres earn Tier III certification from Uptime Institute, taking on the big box colocation leaders and eyeing Tier IV soon.
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NEXTDC data centres 'leading the market in the southern hemisphere'

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NEXTDC's Brisbane data centre has becoming the first in the southern hemisphere to be awarded a new certification from Uptime Institute.
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Uptime Institute awards Vertiv solution TIER IV-ready certification

Thu, 9th Aug 2018
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Vertiv's SmartAisle Solution has received TIER IV-ready certification from Asia's Uptime Institute, highlighting its fault-tolerant, modular design.
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NEXTDC's Sydney data center wins gold for operational sustainability

Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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NEXTDC's S1 Sydney data center has been awarded Uptime Institute Tier III Gold Certification for Operational excellence.
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Uptime Institute to start testing hybrid IT resiliency

Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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The number of organizations with complex infrastructures comprised of multiple data centers, colocation facilities and the cloud is on the rise.
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New partnership lays groundwork for 20 new data centers across Australia

Mon, 4th Dec 2017
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Swedish company Flexenclosure plans to build up to 20 data centers in Australia over the next three years in partnership with local provider Virtutel.
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Maintaining data center operations, come hell or high water

Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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Throughout history, the Asia-Pacific region has been hit with its share of floods, earthquakes, landslides and typhoons.
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NEXTDC paves the way for AU data centres with Uptime Institute certification

Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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Last month, NEXTDC celebrated the opening of its B2 Brisbane data centre, and the facility now welcomes its first customers, one of which is CT4.