Datacentre developer secures long-term deal with major US customer for 555MW of capacity.
Twelve month results to end of December showed new sign-ups, cost out and restructure of business was paying dividends by the second half of the year.
Telco says its open to funding partners for development which could extend to 40MW capacity in time.
Revenue for the half was up 44% to $2.1 billion, offset by a 69% increase in operating expenses to $1.7b.
Telco's revenue and earnings were up on strong mobile market numbers.
Independent directors previously ‘outvoted’ on debt-funded dividend payouts.
Chief executive Jeff Greenslade expects OCR to stay on hold, with more ‘clarity’ about rate cuts later this year.
The market response was the opposite of the share slump that greeted Woolworths last week.
Shares in chemicals group down more than 40% on half-year result
Mark Aue will replace JB Rousselot in April as the regulated monopoly figures out its investment priorities.
