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AI data centre rules in Australia: Labor tightens copyright
AI data centre rules in Australia would force operators to manage power and water use while Labor tightens copyright controls on model training.
AI infrastructure spend hits $US765b capital test
AI infrastructure spending is pulling Alphabet, SpaceX and Oracle into fresh equity and debt as investors test a $US765b build-out.
AirTrunk India investment: $US30b AI data-centre push
AirTrunk India investment plans put $US30 billion into data centres by 2030 as the Sydney-founded operator chases AI demand.
AI Data Centres Drive 76% Power Price Surge as Australia Watches
Wholesale power prices on America's largest grid jumped 76 per cent in Q1 2026, with data centre demand adding $13 billion to customer bills. Australia's own data centre boom is replaying the same dynamic.
Greens win Senate inquiry into AI data centre energy use
The Australian Senate has launched a six-month inquiry into the environmental and energy impacts of AI data centres as a $40 billion investment pipeline meets limited federal oversight.
IREN signs $US3.4b Nvidia AI cloud contract, founder slams Australian regulation
Sydney-founded IREN has signed a five-year, $US3.4 billion managed cloud deal with Nvidia, and used the announcement to renew its founder's public criticism of Australian listing rules, planning timelines and grid connections.
AMD launches Instinct MI350P PCIe card for enterprise AI inference in standard servers
AMD on Wednesday launched the Instinct MI350P, a PCIe accelerator card built so enterprises can run AI inference inside the air-cooled servers they already own, instead of rebuilding a data centre around liquid-cooled racks.
Anthropic locks in SpaceX Colossus 1 for 300MW of new Claude compute
Anthropic will take all available capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data centre in Memphis, adding more than 300 megawatts and 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs within a month. The Claude maker also lifted rate limits on its paid plans the same day.
Sydney cooling startup Enaxiom raises $A2.5m seed led by Epic Angels
Sydney climate-tech startup Enaxiom has closed an oversubscribed US$1.8 million seed led by Epic Angels to commercialise its HydroCool data-centre cooling system. Antler and BlackNova joined the round.
