Australia data centre firm NextDC reports rising water, energy use with profit beat

data centre: Australia data centre firm NextDC reports rising water, energy use with profit beat

The company's water usage effectiveness (WUE) ratio climbed to 2.40 litres per kilowatt-hour in the year to June, from 2.25 the prior year, while its ‌power usage effectiveness (PUE) ⁠ratio, ⁠which measures how much electricity a data centre needs for cooling and other overheads, rose to 1.49 from ​1.44. Both metrics have worsened for three consecutive years.

Australia data centre firm NextDC reports rising water, energy use with profit beat

SYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Australian data centre developer NextDC said water and energy consumption rose in the past year as demand for computing capacity drove profit ahead of forecasts, figures which may feed public ​disquiet about the AI boom's dra...

NEXTDC’s profit beat comes as Australia’s data hub push strains the grid

On August 27, NextDC, an Australian data center operator, announced it has seen its best contracting performance so far, increasing the amount of contracted capacity by three times to 740.1 MW and posting a profit for the year again as the AI infrastructure boom puts increasing pressure on power and water supplies. According to the data(ASX: NXT), contracted utilization surged by 202%, and capital expenditures reached A$3.4 billion, twice the ex…