Quote: "The [Australian] federal government’s previous position required new data centres to pay for grid upgrades, avoid pushing up household bills and source additional clean energy, rather than simply rely on existing supply. However, the new standards grant carve-outs...that must not compromise the government’s goals of lowering climate emissions and ensuring that energy remains affordable".

During the next decade, Australia's data centres are forecast to rise from 3% to 13% of operational electricity consumption in the national energy market (NEM).

Equinix announces a set of partnerships to leverage nuclear power across its data centre fleet.