Metronode stories
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Josh Griggs appointed CEO of the Australian Computer Society
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Josh Griggs has been named permanent CEO of the Australian Computer Society, effective 1 July, after six months as interim CEO, succeeding Chris Vein.
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Equinix closes Metronode deal: Everything you need to know about the acquisition
Thu, 19th Apr 2018
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Equinix's acquisition of Metronode, adding 10 data centres across Australia, enhances its footprint, particularly in Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, and Brisbane.
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Equinix gets even bigger in Australia with added data center capacity
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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Equinix is expanding its Australian data center footprint, adding capacity to its ME1 Melbourne and SY4 Sydney facilities.
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Accelerating global interconnection with the acquisition of Metronode
Fri, 19th Jan 2018
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This US$792 million acquisition of Metronode will see us expand our reach in the country, which has been called for by a number of our customers.
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GovDC facilities ranked fourth in resilience test
Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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Cloudscene analysed the resilience of 150 global data centre operators against Tier certification data through Uptime Institute.
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Canberra Data Centres, NextDC, Datacom...Frost & Sullivan names Australia's top companies
Fri, 8th Dec 2017
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One of the big winners of the night was Metronode, who was named Australia’s Data Center Service Provider of The Year.
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Metronode’s Perth DC to land subsea cable linking Asia
Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Metronode's Shenton Park data centre in Perth has been chosen as the landing station for a new subsea cable connecting Singapore and Perth via Indonesia.
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Metronode launches new data center in New South Wales
Tue, 21st Nov 2017
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The company’s new data center will undergo assessment by the Government's environmental ratings agency, NABERS, for a NABERS 4.5 data center rating.
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Metronode data center to provide 200kw for Australian Federal Govt agency
Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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Australian data center provider Metronode has scored a deal with a Federal Government agency to supply up to 200kw for its Mitchell ACT data center.
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Pension fund management firm buys 100% stake in Metronode data centers
Fri, 16th Dec 2016
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Metronode was recently fully acquired by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) after buying the remaining 29% stake from CIMIC Group Limited.
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Metronode claims Australian-first as 3 data centers achieve NABERS 4.5 rating
Fri, 25th Nov 2016
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Metronode is celebrating an 'end-of-year boost' as the company announced that now three of its data centers have achieved a NABERS 4.5 star rating.
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Metronode survey finds energy efficiency is key to data center design
Wed, 7th Sep 2016
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Energy efficiency is one of the key things decision makers consider when choosing data storage, but security and uptime reliability aren't far behind.
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Metronode scores major customer win for its Melbourne data center
Wed, 31st Aug 2016
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Metronode is celebrating as it announced yesterday it has signed a deal with a major, undisclosed customer for 8MW at its M2 data center in Melbourne.