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Amazon Australia signs nine renewable deals adding 430MW
Hyperscale

Amazon Australia signs nine renewable deals adding 430MW

Amazon boosts Australian clean power with battery-backed deals in NSW and Victoria, lifting its contracted renewable capacity to 990MW across 20 projects.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Sungrow unveils battery & solar storage in Australia
Clean technologies

Sungrow unveils battery & solar storage in Australia

Sungrow has launched new battery and hybrid solar-storage products in Australia as developers race to meet tougher grid-forming requirements.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Last month
NSW data centre policy backed, but approvals warning
DataCentre infrastructure

NSW data centre policy backed, but approvals warning

Data Centres Australia backs New South Wales’ principles-based data centre policy, but warns slower approvals could drive billions of dollars offshore.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Mon, 30th Mar 2026
Stanwell's AI platform powers shift to renewable energy
Data Analytics

Stanwell's AI platform powers shift to renewable energy

Stanwell deploys AI modelling platform on Microsoft Azure to supercharge trading, forecasting and battery assets as it shifts from coal.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
WinDC, Armada launch portable AI data centres at wind farms
DataCentre infrastructure

WinDC, Armada launch portable AI data centres at wind farms

WinDC and Armada are rolling out truck-sized AI data centres at Australian wind and solar farms, using curtailed power for on-site compute.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
Draft grid rules target data centres' rising impact
Manufacturing

Draft grid rules target data centres' rising impact

Australia proposes tougher grid connection standards for data centres as rising electricity demand tests system stability and reliability.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
SMA backs AEMO plan, touts grid-forming inverters
Clean technologies

SMA backs AEMO plan, touts grid-forming inverters

SMA backs AEMO's 2025 transition plan, saying grid-forming inverters are vital to keep Australia's renewables-heavy power system stable.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025
Neoen expands Western Downs battery & virtual deals
Cartech

Neoen expands Western Downs battery & virtual deals

Neoen starts Western Downs Battery Stage 3 in Queensland as virtual battery deals grow, pushing its Australian storage fleet past 2 GW.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025

Global Stories

Ixia extends CloudStorm with testing for hyperscale data centers
Distributed Denial of Service

Ixia extends CloudStorm with testing for hyperscale data centers

Ixia has unveiled CloudStorm 25GE, the first high-density, cloud-scale test platform for hyperscale data centres, aimed at ensuring performance and security.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 1st Feb 2018