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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...
How data centres became as important as water and energy
|Technical real estate has kept businesses alive during the pandemic with global digital dependency being greater now than ever before. Those of us who work on the frontlines of technology, and certainly within the data centre industry itself, have al...
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...
Data security considerations for the new normal
|The global pandemic has thrust us into an era of increased digital mobility, remote work and education. It’s encouraged so many businesses to take the leap towards the cloud or to spin up virtual desktops and VPN access to ensure business continuit...
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 ...
How did businesses go from the Flintstones to the Jetsons in a matter of months?
|Do you remember the days when we would carefully take pictures to ensure we were not wasting film? We would then wait weeks before the photos were developed, and we would sit as a family passing them around ever so carefully to not imprint our...
COVID-19 Communication
|As the COVID-19 situation continues to change rapidly around the world, Macquarie Data Centres will release advice to our customers on our business operations. With cases of COVID-19 increasing in Australia we’ve been closely monitoring the outbrea...