Control Data Corporation, Amazon Web Services, and Anthony Albanese are major players in the data center market, pushing for Australian standards for tech investment.
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Updated Sep 10
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What happened
Control Data Corporation, Amazon Web Services, and Anthony Albanese are major players in the data center market, pushing for Australian standards for tech investment.
Who's involved
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Part of
CDC and Infratil are leveraging Australasia's market for data center contracts, potentially supplying a Meta data center.Also in this story
- Control Data Corporation and Infratil are exploring new business developments, including market entry by Barrenjoey Capital Partners and a partial takeover offer.
- Infratil's data center business value was upgraded, alongside reports of increased consumer spending and market profit misses.
The entities involved
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Control Data Corporation
defunct supercomputer firm
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Amazon Web Services
subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis
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Anthony Albanese
31st prime minister of Australia since 2022
Related events
- Amazon made large payments to the Labor party while AWS plans to expand datacentres in Melbourne and Sydney, drawing political scrutiny.
- Albanese announced mandatory national AI standards while the Productivity Commission estimated AI's economic boost, coinciding with major tech infrastructure investments.
- Amazon is deploying capital through AWS operations as companies compete in the AI infrastructure race, with public sentiment regarding data center construction being tracked.
- Control Data Corporation ended its partnership with Firmus concerning data centers.
- Amazon and AWS are facing regulatory hurdles in Maryland, leading to the abandonment of a data center campus.