Sector: Infrastructure

The NSW Government has announced it will consolidate its existing 130 data centres, but provided no detail on the processes that will be involved to achieve this outcome...

It was announced last week that after almost a year, approval to build the $1 billion green data centre in Canberra may be imminent.

However, while governments should be encouraged to consider green issues in the planning of future data centres, a 'green' data centre is not a strategy, according to Data centre consolidation specialist, Rob Aalders...

First steps towards implementation of the NBN are already underway with the Federal Government understood to be negotiating with state governments and semi-government agencies to acquire fibre optic networks.

This indicates the Government’s intention to move rapidly to rollout the network based on existing infrastructure, filling in gaps in key regional areas.

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) has advertised for industry advisors to support the NBN Implementation Committee, which is to be established and running at full speed within...

At the National Press Club earlier this week, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy announced he is searching for a CEO to lead the newly established NBN Company.

The Minister’s Press Club speech likened the NBN roll-out to the development of Australia’s electricity infrastructure last century, suggesting the benefits now, as then, will be much more significant than simply “turning on a light”.

He then described how digital technologies, enabled by the NBN, will transform health care, revolutionise education, underpin our future c...