- Business
- Macquarie Technology Group Limited (ASX:MAQ) provides telecommunications, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data center services to corporate, government, and hyperscale customers primarily in Australia. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services through its four main divisions, including voice services such as teams calling, unified communications, video and web conferencing, and Hello cloud-based hosted voice system; connectivity solutions encompassing SASE for real-time attack protection, SD-WAN, Azure, enterprise ethernet, SD-LAN, fleet management tools, and network-agnostic local support; public, hybrid, and private cloud services featuring VMware cloud, virtual data centres, dedicated servers, dedicated hosting, object storage, and PCI-compliant cloud; managed services including disaster recovery, data backup, and cybersecurity; as well as colocation, connectivity, and engineering services ranging from single racks to multi-megawatt hyperscale requirements. Founded in 1992 and headquartered at 2 Market Street in Sydney, Australia, the company operates offices across major cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, and Perth, and owns and manages five sovereign data centers in Sydney and Canberra, serving 42% of Australian Federal Government agencies, two out of three hyperscalers, and large multinational enterprises. In May 2023, Macquarie Telecom Group Limited rebranded to Macquarie Technology Group Limited to reflect its evolution into a digital infrastructure provider with enhanced focus on cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data centres, and telecom. Recent developments include the launch of Macquarie Data Centres as a dedicated fourth business unit targeting sovereign data centres for government, hyperscalers, and multinationals; establishment of dedicated Microsoft Azure and cybersecurity practices within Macquarie Cloud Services; introduction of SD-WAN for improved network visibility, reliability, and performance; and in July 2025, securing a put-and-call option through a subsidiary to acquire land in Sydney for a new multi-stage data centre campus delivering over 150 MW of IT load tailored for hyperscale, AI, cloud, and government workloads.