Government signs NextDC for $35m data centre services contract
NextDC (ASX:NXT) has signed a $35 million, six year data centre services contract with the federal government.
NextDC (ASX:NXT) has signed a $35 million, six year data centre services contract with the federal government.
The Australian data centre services market reached revenues of $698 million in 2013, a 17.2 per cent increase on 2012, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report.
Queensland government superannuation fund QSuper has released a request for information (RFI) for the provision of data centre services.
Data centre spending in the Asia Pacific region is expected to rise in 2014 as companies invest more in services and energy efficient facilities according to a Datacentre Dynamics (DCD) census.
Australian organisations are forecast to spend $1.77 billion on data centre technology in 2013 as companies look to upgrade old facilities or invest in new data centres, according to Gartner research.