Australia's competition watchdog approves Vocus' $3.5bn acquisition of TPG's fiber assets
Won't impact competition, says the ACCC
News - Australasia (EN)
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Australia's Optus creates unified data platform for migration to the cloud
Worked with Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, and Databricks
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Spark NZ expands partnership with HPE for GreenLake cloud
New Zealand telco to use IT vendor's cloud offering
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Cable landing station completed in Pohnpei, Micronesia
Will land the EMCS subsea cable
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Pawsey Supercomputing Centre partners with Quantum Brilliance and Nvidia for new hybrid workflow
Could offer practical path to real-world quantum computing applications
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Partners Group acquires Australian data center firm GreenSquareDC
PE firm to invest AU$1.2 billion to build pan-Aus data center platform
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Australia's CommBank to complete AWS migration by May
Bank used AI to cut down its migration project
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Australian startup Cortical Labs unveils 'world’s first' commercial biological computer
Company says its Synthetic Biological Intelligence is a “more advanced and sustainable form of AI”
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SubCo breaks ground on SMAP cable landing station in Torquay, Australia
Will be RFS in the next eight months
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ISPT files to build 170MW data center in Sydney, Australia
Company pivots site long earmarked for office development
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Goodman plans AU$4bn equity raise to fund data center build-out
Company planning 500MW of new facilities by mid-2026
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Infratil increases stake in Canberra Data Centres close to 50%
CDC also breaks ground on data center in Melbourne, Australia
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Project Waterworth: Meta announces world’s longest subsea cable project spanning five continents
50,000km cable wraps around the world
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ResetData and Centuria Capital Group launch Nvidia-powered AI Factory and Marketplace in Melbourne, Australia
The new AI-F1 supercomputer is expected to go live in Q2 2025
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Services Australia signs AU$226m extension with Canberra Data Centres
Will span a further five years
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Tū Ātea to build private 5G network for CentrePort in New Zealand
Claims that the build will be a commercial first for the country
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Power failure at Vodafone's Sydney data center caused by storm leads to major outage
The storm impacted Internet services for a number of providers
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Australia's CommBank signs five year deal with AWS
AWS to continue as the bank's preferred cloud provider
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Aussie Digital Transformation Agency signs three-year deal with AWS
Builds on 2019 agreement
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Neotel launches 5G network in Nauru, Micronesia
First 5G network in Oceania goes live
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Tamboran Resources pitches $5bn natural-gas powered data center for US and Aussie defense agencies
Seeks support from Trump administration
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Data center planned for former woolstore in West Melbourne, Australia
Perri Projects redeveloping 2.72 hectare site in Maribyrnong
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KDDI launches Starlink WiFi service on ferry
The service is also free
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Australia's Telstra to form AI JV with Accenture
If approved, the JV will run for seven years
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DXN launches liquid-cooled data center module
Available in one or 2MW designs
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Australian Department of Home Affairs signs IBM mainframe contract
Awards new AU$165m contract to IBM
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“Quantum Capital” planned in Maryland with UMD and IonQ
IonQ to develop new HQ with quantum data center
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Australian gov't to give NBN Co $3bn to complete fiber build-out
Out with the copper, in with the fiber