There ’ s no doubt that leaders in the data centre sphere are pioneering once unfathomable and life-changing developments as the industry continuously evolves , and Leading Edge Data Centres is no different .
Its Founder and CEO , Chris Thorpe , is at the forefront of tackling the ever-growing challenge of digital equity across Australia . With a network of six data centres across New South Wales with a further 13 facilities in the rest of Australia – one of the world ’ s largest countries by area – Thorpe and Leading Edge have a vision to provide equal access to connectivity regardless of their geography .
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Connectivity : Regional Australia ’ s biggest regional challenge “ We want to provide experience that you get in metropolitan environments like Sydney and Melbourne and take that to the regions so they get the same experience ,” Thorpe says , explaining that the biggest challenge in regional Australia is connectivity . “ So if you can actually take the compute environment with its high sustainability and high resilience so you still get the cybersecurity , you ’ ve got on the whole a very similar experience , but in a smaller environment . If you can take that to the regional environment , they ’ ll be on the same level playing field . That is the key . “ It ’ s about building the platform so regional areas can compete in the same environment as metropolitan and again , really compete on a global stage as the metropolitan environments do .”
Founded just before Covid when restrictions were enforced on Australia , Leading Edge faced the challenges of
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