Tag: South Australia

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...

SA unveils strategy to export green iron by 2030

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
South Australia has set 2030 as the target for its first green iron exports in a new state strategy that paves the way forward for the burgeoning industry. The...

SA budget goes quiet on tech as investment plummets

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Private investment in South Australian tech companies has fallen off a cliff in the current financial year, according to a state budget that was largely quiet on tech-related initiatives....

No plans to replace canned SA hydrogen projects

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The South Australian government will not look for additional Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub proposals despite two large projects led by Japanese petrochemical companies withdrawing from the planned precinct. In...

$60m SA tech academy shifts focus from digital to defence

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A planned technology training academy at Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen innovation precinct is set to open in 2026 after shifting its original focus from digital to Defence at the request...

$12m AI research boost in South Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s largest university-based machine learning research group will grow to support more than 50 new projects after receiving a $12 million funding injection from its university and government backers....

Candle wax blast off for German rocket

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Adelaide spacetech Southern Launch will attempt to send an 11.5 metre candle wax powered German rocket into sub-orbit on Thursday from its Koonibba test range in the state’s far...

$585m in govt loans for critical minerals projects

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has announced a $585 million loan package for two critical minerals processing projects in Queensland and South Australia through its existing loan facility. The funding, announced...

Close takes command of SA skills in Cabinet reshuffle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
South Australian deputy premier Susan Close has relinquished control of the Defence and Space Industries portfolio to the Treasurer in a Malinauskas Cabinet reshuffle prompted by housing, decarbonisation and...