Enterprises in Sydney and other Australian metropolitan locations are opting to use Melbourne-based IT infrastructure for disaster recovery operations, thanks to the cloud infrastructure boom in the southern capital. The city continues to attract strong cloud investment and is on track to become the next major cloud hub. The reasons for this are twofold. Melbourne’s population continues to grow, expanding by more than 80,000 in the 2019-20 financial year alone, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The Centre for Population predicts Melbourne’s population will overtake Sydney by 2026. It has also become a natural target for a second round of…

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