Telecommunications company TasmaNet has opened its new purpose-built data centre at the Tasmanian Technopark, and is expected to deliver support to a range of local companies.

 

State Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, David O’Byrne, attended the official opening of the centre, which forms part of the company’s $5.5 million expansion in Tasmania.

 

"This is both a significant step forward for a local telecommunications company, and an important investment in a key sector in our economy," Mr O’Byrne said.

 

"This facility is a key digital infrastructure component to enable industry, business and government to take advantage of the Tasmanian NBN footprint.”

 

TasmaNet Managing Director, Joel Harris, said in the next five years, industry observers predict more than 75 per cent of all businesses will adopt some form of cloud computing for their ICT infrastructure.

 

"We recognised the need for an enterprise level data centre in Tasmania and we are proud to be delivering this," Mr Harris said.

 

"Our new data centre at Technopark will enable Tasmanian businesses to move towards cloud computing, with access to the largest data centre in the state.