Erskine Park. Rackspace to open data centre

US-based cloud hosting provider, Rackspace, expects to open a multimillion-dollar data centre at Erskine Park later this year. Australia and New Zealand country manager, Mark Randall, said a 10-year lease had been taken on the facility. He said the investment was worth "many millions of dollars". The company which employs 15 people, will add 10 by the end of the year, and plans a total of 50 employees within three years. Mr Randall said Western Sydney was chosen as its climate would allow for “free air cooling” for about 300 days a year, reducing the facility's energy consumption.