Tag: Data Centre

‘Race to the top’: NSW puts data centres to work on energy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says setting data centre principles are about creating a “race to the top”, where the power-hungry sector helps to address the state’s renewable energy challenges....

Data centres and AI: Have we seen this movie before?

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Jaded observers of the IT and innovation spaces may be looking askance at the forecasts of data centre requirements to fuel AI growth. The implications go beyond just data...

High energy: Charlton maps AI and data centre ambition

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government says Australia can attract an “outsized share” of global data centre investment and that the boom’s impact on the energy grid can be managed. The assistant...

Firmus locks in hyperscale customer for $73bn AI play

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Firmus Technologies has landed a multi-billion dollar contract with a unnamed hyperscale customer for dedicated AI infrastructure at its Project Southgate facility in Melbourne. The long-term deal with what...

‘Ruthless’ Allen govt chases data centre boom

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Victoria will be Australia’s “data centre centre”, Premier Jacinta Allen has declared while committing more than $5 million to an action plan to speed up a $25 billion digital...

US startup Groq unveils high-speed AI hub in Sydney

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
AI chip startup Groq has established its first data centre presence in Australia as part of an expected US$300 million investment to bring its technology closer to Asia-Pacific users....