Firmus partners Nvidia on grid-integrated AI factory software as it looks to US
Australian-based AI infrastructure developer Firmus has announced plans to build a new software layer designed to coordinate AI workloads with electricity grid conditions, as the company deepens its collaboration with Nvidia and prepares to scale its Project Southgate platform. The company said the software will integrate with Nvidia’s DSX Blueprint architecture to enable what it […]
WinDC partners Armada to deploy modular AI DCs at renewable energy sites
Australian start-up WinDC has partnered with US-based infrastructure provider Armada to deploy modular, portable data centres at renewable energy sites, as part of a strategy to use curtailed generation to support AI workloads. The companies said the partnership will see the rollout of 11MW of modular AI infrastructure across renewable energy locations in New South […]
Datagrid secures approval for New Zealand’s first AI factory in Southland
Datagrid New Zealand has received full resource consent to develop what it describes as the country’s first “AI factory,” a 280 MW hyperscale computing campus planned for Southland on New Zealand’s South Island. The approvals were granted by Southland District Council, Environment Southland, and Invercargill City Council, clearing the way for construction to begin on […]
NSW approves Stockland data centre for Sydney innovation precinct
The New South Wales government has approved plans for a new hyperscale data centre development at Stockland’s MPark precinct in Macquarie Park, Sydney, advancing the developer’s ambitions to expand digital infrastructure in one of Australia’s largest technology hubs. The project, located at 1-5 Khartoum Road, was granted approval under the state’s State Significant Development pathway […]
HighBrook Investors closes US$ 266 million inaugural data center fund
HighBrook Investors, a real estate private equity firm, has closed its inaugural data center fund, HighBrook US DCF, LP, raising US$ 266 million in commitments. The firm’s strategy focuses on next-generation digital infrastructure and builds on its long track record investing in U.S. and European real estate across market cycles. Fundraising was completed on an […]
Stockland finalises EdgeConneX data centre JV as CEO plots more investment
Australian property developer Stockland has formalised a 50:50 joint venture with US operator EdgeConneX to develop a national portfolio of hyperscale data centres, as the company signals it intends to allocate up to 10 per cent of its capital to the fast-growing digital infrastructure sector. In an update to the Australian Securities Exchange, Stockland confirmed […]
VAST, NVIDIA and Cisco unveil integrated AI stack
At VAST Forward 2026 in Singapore, VAST Data used the stage alongside NVIDIA and Cisco to position itself at the heart of a new push to collapse storage, compute and orchestration into a single AI infrastructure stack as regional players, like Australian AI factory start-up Firmus, scale sovereign facilities across Asia-Pacific. The Singapore event underscored […]
DCA calls for “grounded” policy response to data centre public interest principles
Data Centres Australia (DCA) has responded to a new joint statement calling for “public interest principles” to govern the rapid expansion of data centres, urging closer engagement with industry and warning against what it describes as proposals developed “in isolation” – a characterisation the coalition behind the statement, which includes peak bodies and renewable energy […]
CDC opens Melbourne campus as Victoria positions for 800 MW
CDC Data Centres has formally opened its first Melbourne data centre campus in Brooklyn, marking what it describes as a major milestone in a multi-billion-dollar investment programme in Victoria. The facility, located in Melbourne’s western suburbs, was officially opened by Jacinta Allan, alongside Danny Pearson, Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, and Daniel Mulino, Assistant […]
Cisco and Sharon AI unveil AI Factory with 1,024 Blackwell Ultra GPUs
Cisco and SharonAI Holdings have launched what they describe as Australia’s first Cisco Secure AI Factory with Nvidia, a sovereign AI infrastructure platform designed to deliver high-performance compute while keeping all data processing within the country. The deployment, announced in Sydney, is built around 1,024 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs and is hosted in NextDC’s S3 […]