Tag: CDC Data Centres

NEXTDC and Firmus arm for AI with $1.7 billion raise

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Two of Australia’s largest data centre developers have come back from the Easter break to announce a cumulative $1.7 billion finance raise, as artificial intelligence-driven demand for domestic compute...

Big Tech, STEM employers struggle on gender pay parity

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Women working for some of the most prominent technology companies in Australia face pay gaps of nearly triple the national average, analysis of the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency...

Gig Guide: Craig Scroggie to chair Data Centres Australia

Posted on   |  by David Allen
NEXTDC chief executive and managing director Craig Scroggie has been appointed the inaugural chair of Australia’s peak data centre industry body. Data Centres Australia on Friday unveiled its first...

Australia’s data centre giants form new industry body

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new peak body representing Australia’s leading data centre providers has launched to advocate for an industry expecting at least $26 billion in local infrastructure investment by 2030. AirTrunk,...

Data centre cooling startup soars to $6b valuation

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Data centre infrastructure startup Firmus Technologies has tripled its valuation to $6 billion in eight weeks after pulling in another $500 million from investors to build its ‘AI factories’...

CDC Data Centres heads west for AUKUS boom

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
CDC Data Centres is set to build its next data centre campus in Western Australia, as it eyes growing demand for high-density compute and artificial intelligence capabilities through the...

Data centre emissions surge as demand for services grow

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s largest data centre providers added more than 100,000 tonnes in emissions to the atmosphere last year, with new data showing the CO2 impact of the fast-growing market. Annual...