Tag: Data Centre

China-linked investors offload Sydney data centre for $2b

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Chinese-owned data centre provider Global Switch Australia will be acquired by asset manager HMC Capital for $2 billion, more than four years after federal government agencies were told to...

Data centre sector to add $26b by 2030

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australian data centre capacity is expected to double by 2030, attracting more than $26 billion in new investment in the process, according to a report that also calls for...

Powering the nation’s data centre opportunity

Posted on   |  by Belinda Dennett
Have you ever stopped to think about where all the digital services you use each day physically reside, or what powers them? Whether you access them on your mobile,...

NextDC expands footprint to SA amid data centre boom

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NextDC has opened its first data centre in Adelaide, providing the government, defence and space sectors with greater access to critical digital infrastructure amid an AI-driven compute boom. The...

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

Posted on   |  by Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry
Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence applications. According to one estimate, the...

Calls for new ‘national interest’ test for datasets

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New ministerial powers preventing certain datasets from being stored outside of Australia should be handed to the federal government, according to a local cloud services provider and data centre...