Rackspace Expands Global Reach with Opening of Australian Data Centre
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced the launch of its first Australian data centre, located at Erskine Park in Western Sydney.
The new multi-million dollar investment will support the company's ongoing growth in Australia. Rackspace can now offer local dedicated hosting and managed virtualisation solutions to larger IT contracts looking to deploy enterprise grade private cloud solutions based on VMWare from enterprise, financial markets and government, or any other customer who prefers to keep their data onshore. The data centre also provides the perfect launch pad for Rackspace's own, OpenStack-based Open Cloud platform, expected to launch into the local market.
Since entering the Australian and New Zealand markets in 2009, Rackspace has experienced a significant increase in local customer numbers. Mark Randall, Country Manager of Rackspace, Australia and New Zealand said: "Our local customers have learnt that Rackspace is synonymous with the latest in innovative cloud hosting solutions, but the key success driver that really sets us apart from the competition is our focus on service by providing customers with Fanatical Support®."