OpenAI inks deal with $14 billion Australian data centre player Firmus

OpenAI will be a foundational customer of two AI Factory data centres Australian company Firmus is developing. Key Takeaways Key Background Founded by Oliver Curtis and Tim Rosenfield, Firmus has rocketed almost out of nowhere to become Australia’s third largest data centre company by valuation. It has raised US$2.5 billion ($3.5 billion) so far this […]

Diraq pushing its quantum computer to the cloud amid commercialisation race

The Sydney startup will setup a basic quantum computer in an Equinix data centre by October, it said on Tuesday, as it moves to commercialise a technology that’s been in R&D phase for decades. Key Takeaways Key Background   Proponents of quantum computing say it could be a US$200 billion industry that will enable fundamental breakthroughs […]