Galasso eyes Tasmanian landing as region embraces Great Southern Route role
A proposed subsea cable network designed to create a ring around the Tasman Sea will include a connection to Tasmania and a new landing in Melbourne, reflecting the Australian city’s rapid emergence as a hyperscale data centre hub, according to the project’s developer. Rémi Galasso, founder and CEO of Datagrid New Zealand and the entrepreneur […]
NSW govt approves CDC’s 504 MW campus in Sydney
CDC Data Centres has welcomed the NSW Government’s approval of our state-of-the-art Marsden Park campus, which will become the largest data centre development in the Southern Hemisphere. NSW planning minister Paul Scully announced the approval of CDC’s AUD 3.1 billion data centre campus in Sydney’s north-west on 28 November. Located in Sydney’s north-west, the Marsden Park campus […]
Victoria to be “ruthless” in gaining data centre leadership – Premier
Victoria will make a concerted push to expand its data centre sector, Premier Jacinta Allan said in her State of the State speech at CEDA, unveiling a dedicated plan to attract infrastructure investment and build a skilled workforce to support accelerating AI adoption. Allan said data centres were “the digital infrastructure that supports AI around […]
Australia’s data centre industry forms peak body to drive AI infrastructure strategy
A coalition of major data centre operators and technology companies has launched a new national peak body, Data Centres Australia, intended to coordinate policy engagement and support the country’s ambitions in AI-related digital infrastructure. The organisation was formally introduced by assistant minister for science, technology and the digital economy, Andrew Charlton, who described data centres […]
Macquarie weighs capital recycling, JV to fund $3bn Sydney campus
Macquarie Technology Group is exploring a major reshaping of its data centre ownership structure as it lines up funding options for a new 150MW+ campus in Sydney, a project expected to cost between AUD 2.5bn and AUD 3bn excluding land. Speaking at the company’s Investor Day, executives said that while the existing AUD 450m syndicated […]
Groq partners Equinix to bring global AI footprint to the Asia-Pacific region
US AI company Groq has expanded its AI inference footprint to Australia, with plans to invest USD 300 million, initially deploying its hardware in Equinix’s SY5 data centre in Sydney, as part of a global collaboration that already includes large-scale low-latency infrastructure in Europe and the US. The move brings Groq’s specialised Language Processing Unit […]
Nomad Futurist launches scholarship to tackle DC skills gap
Nomad Futurist Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Nabeel Mahmood has announced the launch of the Nick Parfitt ANZ Scholarship in honour of the late industry analyst and writer, during his keynote address at W.Media’s Auckland Cloud & Datacenter event. The new scholarship forms part of the Nomad Futurist Foundation’s global mission to address the growing […]
Firmus raises further AUD 500m for expand AI factories nationally
Firmus Technologies announced it has received commitments for a further AUD 500 million equity raise to accelerate the national rollout of Project Southgate, its flagship AI infrastructure initiative with scale up to 1.6 gigawatts through 2028. The move follows the September announcement that it had raised AUD 330 million in equity funding to accelerate construction […]
NextDC outlines strategy for AI‑era expansion across Australia and Asia
NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie has outlined the company’s strategy to build on a year of rapid growth and prepare for what he described as a “once‑in‑a‑generation” opportunity to support the global acceleration in artificial intelligence infrastructure. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, held at its S3 Sydney data centre, Scroggie said NextDC was positioning […]
AirTrunk named as buyer of ISPT’s 1GW Western Sydney site
Australian-based pan-Asian data centre operator AirTrunk has been named by Green Street News as the buyer of property fund manager ISPT’s new 1 GW data centre campus, located at its 52-hectare logistics park at 706-752 Mamre Road Western Sydney. However the sale of the land is conditional on the approval of an application for a […]