Displaying items by tag: Victoria

NBN Co reports that it has begun harnessing power from a wind farm as it ‘makes progress in driving down carbon emissions’.

The ACCC is proposing to grant authorisation with conditions to the major supermarkets Coles Group, Woolworths Group and ALDI Stores, to continue their collaboration to recycle stockpiled soft plastics and continue with the pilot in-store collection program until 31 July 2026.

Independent investment company Breakthrough Victoria is investing $2 million in Umps Health, a Victorian company developing sensors and AI to enable proactive aged care at home.

Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) has been selected as the building automation provider for the new Melton Hospital, a 274-bed facility that will be Victoria’s first fully electric hospital.

COMPANY NEWS:  Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, today announced a collaboration with Cenitex that aims to provide a Data Platform for Victoria’s departments and agencies.

Australia’s east coast gas market is forecast to have a surplus of between 69 and 110 petajoules in 2025 if Queensland’s LNG producers export all of their uncontracted gas, the ACCC’s latest gas inquiry report shows.

Equinix tackles AI-related IT challenges with over 4,000 cabinets in Sydney and Melbourne

COMPANY NEWS:  To support the rising need for high-density power, advanced cooling and interconnection as demand for digital infrastructure accelerates including artificial intelligence (AI), Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company®, invested AU$240 million (approx. US$160 million) to add a total of 4,175 cabinets to two of its International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centres - SY5 in Sydney and ME2 in Melbourne.

The ACCC has published a Statement of Issues outlining its preliminary competition concerns with Icon Group’s proposed acquisitions of leases at St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital in Queensland, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside in Chermside, Queensland and St John of God Geelong Hospital in Victoria.

Infor CloudSuite Public Sector to modernise and streamline operations with improved data governance and transparency

Infor, the industry cloud company, has announced that long-time customer Central Highlands Water will deploy Infor CloudSuite Public Sector to transform it into an agile, data-driven digital utility with streamlined budgeting and reporting.

Breakthrough Victoria is investing $20 million in Victorian company RayGen Resources, with the investment designed to enable the State’s transition towards clean sources of energy.

Five people have been taken into custody in Australia and 32 others overseas on suspicion of being as part of a cyber-crime platform used for credential theft.

Australia’s east coast gas market is expected to have a six petajoule (PJ) surplus in the third quarter of 2024, even if the three LNG producers export all their uncontracted gas, according to the March 2024 interim gas inquiry report by the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

Future Skills Monash College has announced an AI collaboration with Microsoft, which it says is unique and will deliver a fresh new approach to technology education and industry partnership in Australia.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) announced that the mobile industry have invested in infrastructure to mitigate the impact of natural disasters by deploying backup power systems to ensure continued service availability during disruptions following the storm in Victoria.

Global technology company, HCLTech has been selected by the Department of Transport and Planning in Victoria to automate the concession entitlement process for public transport users.

Australian internet provider Telstra announced it has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with developer Global Power Generation to construct a solar farm near Bundaberg, Queensland, claiming the agreement will enable renewable energy generation equivalent to 100% of its consumption by 2025.

Demand for executives positions in Australia had its largest fall in six months according to the latest monthly report on the availability of jobs for middle Australia by the EL Group HR consulting firm, which also forecasts a “big fallout” in jobs heading into 2024.

Ahead of an Australian-first trackless tram trial in Perth on Sunday, Monash University called for State and Federal funding to deliver the Caulfield-Rowville TRT for Victoria.

COMPANY NEWS: Australian-based robotics and AI startup Andromeda Robotics today announced it is undertaking initial trials with aged care provider Allity (part of the Bolton Clarke Group).

Wholesale broadband provider NBN Co announced more than 700,000 homes and businesses in Victoria are eligible to upgrade to NBN full fibre and access to fastest home internet speeds.