Tag: Data Centres

Data centres lead $136bn NSW investment rush

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New South Wales has attracted $73 billion in proposed data centre and digital infrastructure investments through the Investment Delivery Authority’s first call for proposals. The sector topped the list...

Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid

Posted on   |  by Johanna Lim
The Australian Energy Market Operator estimates data centres will consume 6 per cent of Australia’s grid-supplied electricity by 2030. To put that in context, that’s more than the current...

OpenAI weighs US$25b Argentina data centre project

Posted on   |  by Walter Bianchi
OpenAI and Sur Energy have signed a letter of intent for a data center project in Argentina requiring an investment of up to US$25 billion (A$38.6 billion), the Argentinian...

Nvidia to invest up to US$100bn in OpenAI

Posted on   |  by Deepa Seetharaman and Akash Sriram
Nvidia will invest up to US$100 billion in OpenAI and supply it with data centre chips, the companies said on Monday, marking a tie-up between two of the highest-profile...

Scott Farquhar unpacks his ‘digital embassies’ plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia should consider allowing foreign tech firms to build and operate data centres that would exist outside the reach of national laws, according to Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council...