The Asian AI wave on the Kimberley’s horizon
New plans for Western Australia’s biggest data centre have been lodged with the federal government for approval.
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New plans for Western Australia’s biggest data centre have been lodged with the federal government for approval.
This time, business and government acted quickly to ensure no harm was done. But experts warn the next AI-led discovery could be weaponised by bad actors.
Developers in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis region have called for more government investment to capitalise on the opening of the city’s new airport.
The data-centre firm’s insatiable appetite for capital meant brokers loved it. Now it’s pitched as a value trade, but only if it can survive.
The bank’s justification for mass redundancies this week has been questioned by two members of a parliamentary committee.
The CEO effectively gave the board an ultimatum. The company quickly remade its stock structure to protect him from California’s planned wealth tax.
An accountant who dobbed in his employer is arguing that regulators owe a duty of care to whistleblowers. It’s a radical argument – and it just might work.
A judge found the social media giant misled consumers after a political consulting firm obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent.
The Silicon Valley industry designing the future is increasingly obsessed with analogue tech from the past.
The AI infrastructure group could lose its flagship client if a sprawling Malaysian data centre campus is significantly delayed, confidential documents show.
The dairy farmers and property developers have added a venue to the farmland they have turned into a new suburb. Another isn’t out of the question.
Data centre operators have vastly overestimated their social licence to build and underestimated the immense leverage ordinary citizens have over land and permits.