AI

The Minns government has fast-tracked 15 data centre projects worth $51.9 billion and promised to articulate the values that will guide future decision-making amid concerns about protecting national interests amid the data centre boom. 

The Albanese government has laid out five principles that will guide the administration's approval of AI data centres, amid an expected boom in the infrastructure projects. 

Anthropic has announced it will launch operations in Australia and plans to build data centres in the country.

The Federal Court has cautioned self-represented litigants against using generative artificial intelligence to decide whether their case has merit, saying it is "not reliable for legal help”. 

The Fair Work Commission's workload has jumped by 70 per cent over the past three years, and ChatGPT and other AI platforms are directly to blame, the head of the workplace umpire says.

Goodman Group has touted its 6 GW power bank at sites across Australia, Europe and North America, amid predictions for skyrocketing demand for digital infrastructure.

Allens is positioning itself as a go-to firm for AI infrastructure deals, advising Singapore-based asset manager Keppel on a new $10 billion AI data centre hub. 

NVIDIA-backed start-up Firmus has secured a record $14 billion debt facility led by Blackstone to speed the rollout of critical AI infrastructure in Australia.

Maas Group Holdings has sold its construction material division to Heidelberg Materials for $1.7 billion, vowing to use the proceeds of the sale to invest in AI and digital infrastructure assets after acquiring a minority stake in AI data centre company Firmus.

A litigant who cited Dogan & Dogan, Duncan & Duncan and other non-existent cases after using AI to craft her arguments created difficulties for the court, a judge has said in a decision on an appeal of costs.