Microsoft announces partnership with TAFE NSW to deliver Datacentre Academy
According to Microsoft, datacentres are the engine room of Australia’s digital economy. They state also that with the growth of cloud computing and AI, Australia’s datacentre workforce is set to double by 2030. In this context they write that “we are thrilled to announce our partnership with TAFE NSW to deliver the Datacentre Academy — […]
DeepSeek’s arrival is a sliding door moment for DC operators
After the dust has begun settling on the arrival of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek’s new AI chatbot – which claimed training its latest model cost only a small fraction of the multibillion-dollar AI budgets enjoyed by US tech giants such as Microsoft OpenAI for ChatGPT and US-owned Google for Gemini – data centre […]
$100m game-changer creating a STEM future for Western Sydney girls
$100m game-changer creating a STEM future for Western Sydney girls A donation of $100 million from the Khuda Family Foundation, the largest ever made to the University of Sydney, will fund an ambitious 20-year program, creating a pathway for girls from Western Sydney into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education and careers. […]
Australia’s undersea network resilience problem
Almost two-thirds (63%) of existing subsea cables landing in Australia are concentrated in Sydney, according to RTI Cables. It is easy to argue that connectivity follows the market and last year, in the span of eight months, according to DC Byte, the city saw a market size increase of almost 50 percent to sit now […]
Blackstone wants AirTrunk to be a 1 GW business
When Blackstone closed its AUD $24 billion acquisition of Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist, AirTrunk in December, it became one of the largest data centre providers in the world. AirTrunk, led by founder and CEO Robin Khuda had already scaled the company into Asia-Pacific’s largest data centre provider with assets in […]
Moody’s: global data centre demand will surge in 2025
Demand will surge … Ratings agency Moody’s forecasts global data centre capacity to surge again in 2025. In Asia-Pacific, the combination of government incentives, US-China tensions and new restrictions on cross-border data transfers will support growth in emerging data centre markets, states Moody’s in its latest Outlook report [1]. As a result, developers will incur more […]
Telstra to bring SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite-to-Mobile technology to customers
Telstra has announced a new collaboration with SpaceX’s Starlink to bring Satellite-to-Mobile (direct-to-handset) text messaging to its customers in Australia. This, Telstra states, will enable it to provide better coverage from coast to coast, especially for customers in regional and remote areas. The collaboration will initially focus on testing and refining a Satellite-to-Mobile text messaging […]
‘Fresh vision’ for Sydney’s Tech Central to drive innovation and refresh city’s downtown
The ideas behind Sydney’s Tech Central and the location for the precinct have been around now for over six years. The initial announcement by the NSW Government In August 2018 stated its commitment to create a globally competitive innovation and technology precinct. Further details were provided in the Eastern City District Plan and in greater […]
Doma Infrastructure Group Announces Plans for AI-Ready Data Centre in West Sydney
Doma Infrastructure Group (DIG) has announced plans to develop a state-of-the-art, AI-ready data centre in West Sydney. The facility has Development Application approvals, with a projected capacity of 50 to 60 MW of high-density power, addressing the growing demand for hyperscale cloud infrastructure and advanced AI computing capabilities. Designed to position Sydney at the forefront […]
Equinix Collaborates with Dell Technologies to Help Enterprises Deploy Flexible and Scalable AI Infrastructure
Equinix announced today a private AI solution that lets businesses train AI models in scalable, cost-efficient public and private clouds while ensuring enhanced control, security and low-latency deployment on-premise. The basis of the AI solution is Equinix’s partnership with Dell Technologies which enables the company to leverage Dell’s AI Factory with NVIDIA across Equinix’s 260+ […]