Atturra has expanded its sovereign cloud capabilities through a new deployment in NEXTDC’s S3 datacentre.
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.
“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, Atturra. “They appreciate the performance, scalability and resilience that we can provide for both cloud-based and hybrid infrastructures.”
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 leading facilities, located throughout Australia, give us the flexibility we need to support our clients regardless of their location.”
Steve Martin, Head of Sales, Major Markets, Australia, NEXTDC, said: “At NEXTDC, we are excited to support Atturra’s ongoing expansion of sovereign cloud services as they venture into exciting new opportunities as an AI-as-a-Service provider. Atturra’s expertise in the AI space is well-established, and their new AI-as-a-Service platform will accelerate client adoption of Private AI solutions. This collaboration underscores our mission to provide robust, scalable, AI-ready infrastructure that meets the future growth requirements of our partners and their clients.”
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.
McLaughlin said 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.
McLaughlin said 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.
“For our clients, the new capacity will mean faster provisioning times together with the ability to connect to other Atturra services,” said McLaughlin. “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.”
