US-based data centre solutions company, Digital Realty, is planning to invest in and develop two new data centres in  Melbourne’s west. Digital Realty will invest $150 million in the project which will directly employ up to 33 staff.

 

The Melbourne centres  will be the first fully pre-leased facilities built by Digital Realty in Australia and will position the company to support Victorian, Australian and Asia-Pacific customers.

 

Digital Realty focuses on delivering customer-driven data centre solutions by providing secure, reliable and cost-effective facilities that meet each customer’s needs. Its customers include many Fortune 500 and high-profile multinational corporations across multiple industries, including ICT, cloud service providers, manufacturing and financial services.

 

Each Digital Realty facility is physically secure and features power and cooling architecture that has been optimised for green operation. Each facility has a centralised software system which monitors and manages the data centre power consumption, energy efficiency and load analysis.

 

Digital Realty’s Regional Head, Asia Pacific, Mr Kris Kumar, said the Victorian data centre project is expected to have a significant positive economic impact on the Western Melbourne region, estimated at around $365 million.

 

“We believe this project will serve as an economic engine for Victoria by providing critical computing infrastructure for companies bringing additional investment and jobs to the region,” Mr Kumar said.

 

“Australia is one of the world’s most dynamic data centre markets, and we are proud to be making this major investment in Victoria and expanding our rapidly-growing presence in Australia.”

 

Formed in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, Digital Realty currently employs more than 500 people and operates more than 100 data centres worldwide.