Tag: NEXTDC

Senate to probe govt AI deals in data centre inquiry

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The impact of Australia’s data centre boom and the regulation of the artificial intelligence companies driving it will be examined by a parliamentary inquiry established on Wednesday. The six...

NEXTDC and Firmus arm for AI with $1.7 billion raise

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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...

Govt’s quantum challenge awards $12.7m in stage two grants

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Eight quantum projects will share in $12.7 million in federal grants to build prototype solutions targeting data centre efficiency, disease diagnosis and rare earth detection under the second stage...

Gig Guide: Former AMD president steps in as PsiQuantum CEO

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PsiQuantum has announced a surprise leadership restructure, switching co-founder and chief executive Jeremy O’Brien to an executive chair role as the quantum developer pursues a pivot from research to...