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The expansion in the facility will allow the company to meet rapidly growing client demand for domestically located cloud compute and storage capacity . It will also enhance Atturra ’ s ability to support the increasing need for AI-as-a-Service workloads for clients across Australia .

The new private cloud capacity will be used to host a variety of workloads for Atturra clients . This will include Infrastructure-as-a- Service , IaaS and Platform-as-a-Service , PaaS deployments . Object storage , firewalls , and Backup-as-a-service , BaaS will also be offered .

“ Increasing numbers of our clients are coming to realise that not all compute workloads are suited to the platforms provided by cloud hyperscalers ,” said Chris McLaughlin , Executive General Manager , Managed Services at Atturra . “ They appreciate the performance ,

Chris McLaughlin , Executive General Manager , Managed Services , Atturra scalability , and resilience that we can provide for both cloud-based and hybrid infrastructures .”

The new private cloud capability is currently being certified as part of Atturra ’ s company-wide ISO27001 certification . This will ensure client data remains protected and secure at all times .

The new capacity will provide significant benefits to both Atturra and its clients . For the company , it will support additional growth and allow increased competition with other private-cloud providers . It will also become a differentiator for new clients who are planning a move to the cloud .

Deployment of the servers in NEXTDC ’ s S3 datacentre , located in the Sydney suburb of Artarmon , will begin in August and be completed by December .

The new S3 deployment is based on a composable compute platform providing fluid resources for up to 36 servers and 400 terabytes of storage . Multiple high-speed network connections will ensure optimal performance and full redundancy . Once complete , the new cloud capacity will become part of Atturra ’ s national private cloud capacity served out of multiple NEXTDC datacentres .

“ NEXTDC was an obvious choice for this expansion as they have been an important technology partner of ours for more than 10 years ,” said McLaughlin . “ Their industry facilities , located throughout Australia , give us the flexibility we need to support our clients regardless of their location . For our clients , the new capacity will mean faster provisioning times together with the ability to connect to other Atturra services . These include our AI-powered services that were recently announced in conjunction with HPE and Nuix .”

Looking ahead , Atturra has plans to expand its footprint within the NEXTDC S3 datacentre and has options on additional server racks . “ We will have the ability to double our capacity in this location ,” said McLaughlin . “ This will allow us to meet the growing needs of our clients , which will be fuelled by increasing business use of AI , well into the future .” •

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