Rackspace Expands Global Reach with Opening of Australian Data Centre

Rackspace Expands Global Reach with Opening of Australian Data Centre PR Newswire SYDNEY, Aug. 22, 2012 - Australian IT Investment Opens Doors to Enterprise, Financial Markets and Government and Strengthens Commitment To Local IT Industry SYDNEY, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. (Logo: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/2011/10/24/20111024115533840674-l.jpg ) 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.