The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure
A curated Australian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Infrastructure.
What to know about AI Infrastructure
AI Infrastructure explores the hardware, software, and systems that make modern artificial intelligence possible. This tag covers everything from compute and storage architectures to networking, data pipelines, and observability stacks that keep AI workloads reliable and efficient.
Stories here dig into practical questions: how to design scalable training and inference clusters, choose between GPUs and emerging accelerators, manage feature stores, and orchestrate distributed workloads. You’ll find discussions of MLOps practices, cost optimization, performance tuning, and the trade-offs behind different infrastructure patterns.
Whether you’re building a new AI platform or evolving an existing stack, this tag helps you understand the components, constraints, and design decisions that sit underneath AI products. Reading these pieces will give you concrete examples, architectural patterns, and lessons learned that you can apply to your own systems.
Australian AI Infrastructure News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Vocus upgrades Adelaide-Perth fibre route to 400 Gbps
Customers can now buy native 400 Gbps links on the Adelaide-Perth corridor as Vocus quadruples capacity on a key backbone route.
AWS data centre to use recycled water in Melbourne
The deal could save millions of litres of drinking water a year as growing data-centre demand strains supplies in western Melbourne.
EthicAI launches Selma as Australian firms seek AI control
Concerns over overseas access have pushed Australian agencies towards locally controlled AI, as a US order left some users abruptly cut off.
Spaceship urges investors to back AI beneficiaries
AI adoption could lift earnings for software and cybersecurity groups even as businesses trim staff and automation threatens more jobs.
AI hardware buyers turn to colocation for capacity
Rising power, cooling and space demands are forcing firms with AI kit to seek colocation sites instead of squeezing hardware into old server rooms.
Firmus and SUBCO to build Tasmania fibre cable link
Tasmania is set for its first new subsea fibre link in more than 20 years, boosting resilience and adding a direct Sydney route.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure
The path to autonomous operations: Why observability is the reliability layer for AI
RAMaggedon: Why the memory crisis is a digital inclusion crisis
AI drives data centre power demand surge in Australia
Rafay & Argentum AI strike software orchestration deal
Argentum AI picks Rafay for GPU software orchestration
Featured News
Expert Columns
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Infrastructure News
OpenAI unveils tools to rein in enterprise AI costs
Businesses are under pressure to widen AI use without blowing budgets, as OpenAI adds efficiency, pricing and governance controls.
SHARON AI & VAST Data launch sovereign AI supercluster in Melbourne
SHARON AI and VAST Data launch a sovereign AI supercluster in Melbourne, boosting secure, scalable AI for Australian enterprises and government bodies.
Exclusive: Sysdig and BitMEX sound alarm on AI-powered crypto threats
AI's rise is reshaping crypto security as attacks surge; firms face a relentless battle to protect assets amid complex, AI-driven threats and automation.
Databricks launches open-source Omnigent for AI agents
The open-source release gives enterprises a single control layer for fragmented AI agent tools, with governance and cost controls built in.
Archer shifts qubit programme to wafer-scale manufacturing
Initial full-wafer graphene runs have brought Archer closer to repeatable qubit production, with a working device still due by Q3 2026.
Cyera raises USD $600 million at USD $12 billion valuation
The funding values the cybersecurity group at USD $12 billion as enterprises race to secure data exposed to AI tools and agents.
Companies turn to EnterpriseDB for AI data control
Banks and retailers are adopting the platform as AI projects mature, with data sovereignty now shaping budgets, risk and infrastructure choices.
Linux Foundation launches DocLang group for AI documents
It aims to solve a key enterprise AI problem by standardising how software reads PDFs, Word files and images without losing layout or meaning.
Parallel Works adds AI governance & token budgeting
Rising AI costs and weaker oversight are pushing enterprises to demand tighter controls as token use spreads across clouds and in-house models.
DE-CIX chief warns orbital data centres need networks
Reliability, not raw compute, may decide whether orbital AI data centres can work, as DE-CIX says links to Earth remain the bigger hurdle.
Direct-to-chip coolants market set for rapid growth
Liquid cooling is gaining ground as AI data centres outgrow air systems, with the market forecast to hit USD $1.3 billion by 2032.
HPE expands AI factory platform with new NVIDIA integrations
Security and governance tools are being added as enterprises push agentic AI from pilots into live production systems.
HPE expands self-driving networking across AI environments
HPE has expanded its self-driving networking strategy with new AI, security and data centre capabilities across enterprise environments.
AMD & Rackspace sign AI cloud deal for regulated firms
Regulated enterprises should gain a governed AI stack as the partners roll out 30 MW of AMD-based compute across Rackspace data centres.
CrowdStrike extends Falcon AI Detection across key gateways
The integrations aim to close security gaps as more firms run AI in production across gateways, APIs and models.
HPE expands self-driving networking for AI factories
Enterprises face rising pressure to secure and automate AI workloads as HPE ties networking, storage and software into a fuller stack with NVIDIA.
ZincFive named to TIME green tech list for second year
The ranking underscores rising demand for safer backup power in data centres, where AI loads are sharpening scrutiny of energy use and emissions.
Sharon AI signs 600-petabyte sovereign AI deal with VAST
The 600-petabyte deployment is set to underpin regulated AI workloads in Australia as demand for onshore data control intensifies.
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AMD buys MEXT to boost data centre memory efficiency
Rising memory demand in AI and cloud systems could push operators to rethink costly DRAM-heavy builds after the acquisition.
AI to boost Asia Pacific property demand, says report
Stronger AI adoption could lift office, industrial and retail demand in Asia Pacific, Cushman & Wakefield says, despite automation fears.