data centres

Home Affairs to take control of data and cloud infrastructure during major cyber incidents under proposed legislation
“Data and the cloud” would be recognised as critical infrastructure in Australia under changes to legislation introduced by the government last week. The proposed amendments would also hand the government coercive powers during a cyber-attack. On Thursday Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton revealed his planned legislation changes that would upgrade

Google announces second Australian cloud region in Melbourne
Google will open a new cloud region in Melbourne which is expected to come online in 2021 to cater for the growing demand for cloud services across Australia. Google Australia opened its first cloud region in Sydney in July 2017 and says it wants to build the “most secure, high

AWS commits to major renewable energy investment in Gunnedah Solar Farm
Amazon Web Services has announced it has committed to purchasing 60 megawatts of power from the Gunnedah Solar Farm in NSW, the first such investment for the company outside of the US and Europe. That project, which is due to be operational next year will ultimately provide AWS with 142,000

AWS commits to major renewable energy investment in Gunnedah Solar Farm
Amazon Web Services has announced it has committed to purchasing 60 megawatts of power from the Gunnedah Solar Farm in NSW, the first such investment for the company outside of the US and Europe. That project, which is due to be operational next year will ultimately provide AWS with 142,000