Tag: Data Centres

The silence on the digital economy is strange

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If there was $26 billion worth of potential investment in infrastructure for the resources sector on the table and ready to be spent in the next five years, governments...

AI and Australia’s missing data centre strategy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In the absence of meaningful activity from the Industry portfolio in coordinating and accelerating investment in AI infrastructure, Australia’s next federal government should consider moving responsibility for a national...

AI infrastructure debate needs nuance and consultation

Posted on   |  by Belinda Dennett
With so much global activity, it is both logical and encouraging to see increased recognition of the role and importance of data centres as essential digital infrastructure. Australia has...

US grapples with power demands of Big Tech data centres

Posted on   |  by Laila Kearney and Seher Dareen
US electric utilities are fielding massive requests for new power capacity as Big Tech scours the country for viable locations for new data centres to keep up with the...

Tariffs could stymie Big Tech’s US data centre spending spree

Posted on   |  by Deborah Mary Sophia
US President Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs could hamstring Big Tech’s billion-dollar efforts to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country, likely undermining a key goal of the administration,...

Australia’s renewables can power AI and slash energy costs

Posted on   |  by Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, and Roy Green
As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) reshapes everything from healthcare to productivity, it’s triggering a global scramble – not just for data and chips, but for electricity. Can Australia’s renewable...

Budget 2025: Dude, where’s my digital economy?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For anyone with an interest in the digital economy or its associated data infrastructure, Jim Chalmers’ fourth federal Budget will be remembered as a flatliner, dead on arrival. Even taking...

US data centre boom poses new risk to energy grid operators

Posted on   |  by Tim McLaughlin
Data Centre Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington DC and home to more than 200 data centres, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were...