Tag: Data Centres

Firmus strikes new AI chip access deal with Nvidia

Posted on   |  by Scott Murdoch
Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus Technologies said on Monday it had signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia Corp to help provide emerging AI firms with more cost-effective access to...

‘Almost’ every state aligned on new data centre rules

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
State and territory ministers will meet again next month on new rules for data centres to ensure the resource hungry facilities add to energy supplies, cover their network costs...

Climate Council fires first salvo in Senate data centre inquiry

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government should lock in its data centre expectations with “strong enforceable requirements” around energy, water and transparency, setting national minimum standards for state governments to adhere to...

We don’t have the data on data centres’ impact

Posted on   |  by Michael Vardon
Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would...

EU cloud rules to curb Big Tech’s access to strategic tenders

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee and Toby Sterling
The European Union plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft and Google from such projects, according to...

Data centre spending drives record Q3 investment results

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Record capital expenditure across Australia’s booming data centre sector has offset declines clocked by other major industries, tripling the national private sector investment average for the March quarter. New...

Vic govt claims $1.2bn data centre edge on NSW

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Victorian government says it has moved ahead of traditional powerhouse NSW in terms of capital expenditure on data centres for the first time, pulling in around $1.2 billion...