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Australian cities lead global push to green the data centre boom.

Australian cities lead global push to green the data centre boom

The AI boom and the power hungry data centres behind it could transform cities for good or otherwise.

  • Nick O'Malley

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Wall Street’s bull rally has at least been interrupted.

The AI spending frenzy is giving investors anxiety

While Wall Street bankers think there could be a 10 to 20 per cent market correction, one of the world’s most famous investors bets on something more traumatic.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Wall Street is digesting a series of results from high-profile companies.

Inflation shock sends ASX lower; Banks decline, Woolworths gains

The Australian sharemarket slumped after inflation unexpectedly jumped in the latest quarter, wiping out hopes for a rate cut at the Reserve Bank’s next meeting on Melbourne Cup Day.

  • Staff writers
Melbourne is experiencing a data centre boom.

Melbourne is turning ‘rust-bucket’ suburbs into a thirsty, power-hungry billion-dollar data empire

The rush is raising questions about the strain of the power-hungry facilities on the state’s electricity and water supply.

  • Daniella White
An AWS outage has crippled the global internet.

Why one company’s glitch just broke half the internet

When Amazon sneezes, the world catches a cold. It’s time we stopped accepting that as normal.

  • David Swan
An AWS outage has affected websites globally.

Internet still struggling after mammoth Amazon outage

Millions of users were left unable to access Canva, Amazon, Snapchat and Alexa in a global outage.

  • David Swan and Daniel Lo Surdo
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The Ring Outdoor Camera Pro, like the other new products, use AI to tune their video over the first few weeks.

Could AI-powered surveillance cameras keep your home safe?

Amazon’s latest 4K cameras with ‘Retinal Vision’ come with AI features that will cost you $300 per year.

  • Tim Biggs
Larry Ellison briefly became the world’s richest person thanks to the AI-powered growth of his company, Oracle.

The college dropout who just became the world’s richest person

Larry Ellison’s success was boosted by a close relationship with Donald Trump and has been accompanied by a well-documented history of lavish living.

  • Diana Li, Brody Ford and Anders Melin
The Colorsoft is great for comics but not as good for black and white text.

Not black and white: Colour Kindle is pretty but imperfect

Amazon’s first colour Kindle has arrived in Australia, bringing with it the ability to read comics and other multi-hued books on a glare-free e-ink screen.

  • Tim Biggs
The AI craze has surprised Wall Street forecasters and spurred a race among strategists to keep up with a sharemarket rally.

America’s $6.8 trillion monster has a China problem

The world’s most valuable company again passed its Wall Street test, but there’s a big hole in its numbers.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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