Report: Dell planning new data center in Australia
Dell founder Michael Dell recently revealed plans for construction of new data centers in several countries, including Australia.
By Donna DonowitzMarch 21, 2011
Michael Dell, founder and CEO of international computer giant Dell, recently revealed the company plans to construct a number of new data centers across the world.
In an interview with the Australian, Dell said the company is working on a multi-country initiative geared towards growing its international data center footprint. The program is a response to the increasing demand for data center resources generated by the growth of cloud computing.
According to Dell, the company plans to build a large data center in Australia.
Speaking to the Australian during a recent trip to the country, Dell said the company has definite plans to construct a data center down under. "We will build a data center here in Australia," he said. In addition, the company has plans for new data centers "in about 10 countries around the world," he added.
Dell told the Australian the company's push to increase its data center resources is largely being driven by widespread interest in private cloud solutions. "What we're finding is customers want to take advantage of the economics of the public cloud, but they don't want a public cloud," Dell said. "What they want is a private, secure cloud that has a level of assurance and security with it."
According to Dell, the company already has partnerships with local companies that own and operate data centers in Australia. Currently, these partners offer sufficient capacity, but Dell is looking to ensure sufficient resources well into the future, he said.
"We have some partners - like Tier 5 - that today operate with Dell-driven capacities and so we don't have any restrictions in terms of supporting customers today, but we'll build additional capacity in the coming months," Dell said.
Dell told the Australian the industry is seeing a shift away from smaller, distributed data centers, in favor of larger, multi-tenant facilities. According to Dell, the company has created technology infrastructure that will allow greater data center efficiency, modularity and a seven- or eight-fold improvement in both performance and density.
"Layer on top of that the advantages of virtualization and you get some huge improvements," he said.
According to the Australian, further details about Dell's data center plans will be announced in the coming months.
Dell is not the first international company to establish a significant data center footprint in Australia. Hewlett-Packard recently announced plans to spend approximately $100 million on a data center facility in Eastern Creek, in the state of New South Wales.
In an interview with the Australian, Dell said the company is working on a multi-country initiative geared towards growing its international data center footprint. The program is a response to the increasing demand for data center resources generated by the growth of cloud computing.
According to Dell, the company plans to build a large data center in Australia.
Speaking to the Australian during a recent trip to the country, Dell said the company has definite plans to construct a data center down under. "We will build a data center here in Australia," he said. In addition, the company has plans for new data centers "in about 10 countries around the world," he added.
Dell told the Australian the company's push to increase its data center resources is largely being driven by widespread interest in private cloud solutions. "What we're finding is customers want to take advantage of the economics of the public cloud, but they don't want a public cloud," Dell said. "What they want is a private, secure cloud that has a level of assurance and security with it."
According to Dell, the company already has partnerships with local companies that own and operate data centers in Australia. Currently, these partners offer sufficient capacity, but Dell is looking to ensure sufficient resources well into the future, he said.
"We have some partners - like Tier 5 - that today operate with Dell-driven capacities and so we don't have any restrictions in terms of supporting customers today, but we'll build additional capacity in the coming months," Dell said.
Dell told the Australian the industry is seeing a shift away from smaller, distributed data centers, in favor of larger, multi-tenant facilities. According to Dell, the company has created technology infrastructure that will allow greater data center efficiency, modularity and a seven- or eight-fold improvement in both performance and density.
"Layer on top of that the advantages of virtualization and you get some huge improvements," he said.
According to the Australian, further details about Dell's data center plans will be announced in the coming months.
Dell is not the first international company to establish a significant data center footprint in Australia. Hewlett-Packard recently announced plans to spend approximately $100 million on a data center facility in Eastern Creek, in the state of New South Wales.
