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Powering the nation’s data centre opportunity

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,...

Can Australia become a green data centre power?

7 October 2024 | by Sandy Plunkett

In a recent interview, the outwardly mild-mannered former Google chief executive and chairman Eric Schmidt made some bold statements. He revealed that ‘his friends” at the forefront of artificial...

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

9 July 2024 | 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...

Australia is asleep, with a global AI arms race underway

30 June 2024 | by Sandy Plunkett

Wars are bloody, wild and noisy things, and in the amped up battle for global AI supremacy, June has been cacophonous. Apple finally made the leap into the fray...

Govt data centre suppliers will need five-star energy rating

28 November 2023 | by Brandon How

New data centre facilities servicing the federal government will be expected to have a top energy rating by mid-2025, as part of the Australian Public Service net-zero by 2030...

CDC Data Centres to accelerate expansion plans

9 October 2023 | by Brandon How

The largest provider of data centre services to the federal government, CDC Data Centres, will accelerate development of data centres to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence. The firm...

New govt data centre panel puts spotlight on green credentials

18 May 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A new panel of data centre providers pursuing government contracts have had to bare their green credentials by meeting a “strengthened” set of standards as the federal government becomes...

CDC Data Centres’ emissions secrecy claim rejected

5 May 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A request from CDC Data Centres to have its greenhouse gas emissions data withheld from public release has been rejected by Australia’s clean energy watchdog. The company had argued...

AWS to invest $13.2bn in Australian cloud infrastructure

4 April 2023 | by Brandon How

Amazon Web Services is planning to invest $13.2 billion into its two Australian data centre regions over the next five years, as the federal government considers the need for...

Canberra Data Centres reveals some of its emissions amid ‘trade secrets’ fight

7 March 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The largest provider of data centre services to the federal government has publicly revealed its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time but is continuing its fight to have...

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Powering the nation’s data centre opportunity

Can Australia become a green data centre power?

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

Australia is asleep, with a global AI arms race underway

Govt data centre suppliers will need five-star energy rating

New govt data centre panel puts spotlight on green credentials

CDC Data Centres’ emissions secrecy claim rejected

AWS to invest $13.2bn in Australian cloud infrastructure

Canberra Data Centres reveals some of its emissions amid ‘trade secrets’ fight

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