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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.

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Regional stories with direct local relevance

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Recent AI Infrastructure News

AI board priority rises as legacy systems slow scale
Productivity

AI board priority rises as legacy systems slow scale

Legacy systems are slowing AI roll-outs at large firms, with most executives saying modernisation and governance are now the main bottlenecks.

Today

IREN signs deal for 800MW South Australia data centre
IT Industry

IREN signs deal for 800MW South Australia data centre

The Bundey campus could create hundreds of jobs while helping South Australia court investment in AI infrastructure as demand accelerates across Asia-Pacific.

Today

NTT Data & Google Cloud expand Gemini Enterprise push
Managed Services

NTT Data & Google Cloud expand Gemini Enterprise push

The tie-up seeks to help firms turn AI pilots into live systems, with 5,000 experts trained and hundreds of agents planned.

Today

Supabase raises USD $500 million in Series F round
Storage

Supabase raises USD $500 million in Series F round

The fresh cash lifts Supabase's valuation to USD $10.5 billion as AI-driven demand for its database platform continues to surge.

Today

Vista launches Vector Core Compute for AI inference
Semiconductors

Vista launches Vector Core Compute for AI inference

The new inference cloud is aimed at cutting latency and costs for enterprise AI, with a Los Angeles site live and Together.ai first to use it.

Yesterday

Computex spotlights AI robots as startup turnout grows
Robotics

Computex spotlights AI robots as startup turnout grows

A new robotics zone and a 11% rise in startups showed AI hardware and commercial deployment are now driving the Taipei trade fair.

Yesterday

Agentic AI Foundation adds agentgateway as hosted project
Security Operations Centres

Agentic AI Foundation adds agentgateway as hosted project

The addition gives companies a shared layer for securing and routing AI traffic as agentic systems move into production.

Last week

NetApp and Cisco expand FlexPod with enterprise AI systems
Productivity

NetApp and Cisco expand FlexPod with enterprise AI systems

Enterprises could cut integration work and security risk as pre-tested FlexPod systems are aimed at production AI deployments and edge use cases.

Last week

CIQ expands Fuzzball to span five clouds & on-prem
Digital Transformation

CIQ expands Fuzzball to span five clouds & on-prem

The update lets AI and HPC teams move workloads across five clouds and on-premises, cutting duplication and simplifying GPU access.

Last week

Microsoft unveils AI agents, models & security tools
Quantum Computing

Microsoft unveils AI agents, models & security tools

Developers and enterprise customers will get more AI controls as Microsoft adds agents, in-house models and security tools across its software stack.

Last week

OpenSpace tops 1,000 data centre projects worldwide
Data Analytics

OpenSpace tops 1,000 data centre projects worldwide

Rising demand for AI infrastructure is driving faster uptake of digital site monitoring, with OpenSpace now used on more than 1,000 projects.

Last week

Microsoft AI launches seven new models across tasks
Digital Transformation

Microsoft AI launches seven new models across tasks

The models are aimed at developers and enterprises, with Microsoft saying internal training could cut costs and improve control in regulated industries.

Last week

Linux Foundation launches Tokenomics Foundation for AI costs
Digital Transformation

Linux Foundation launches Tokenomics Foundation for AI costs

Rising AI bills are pushing enterprises to seek neutral benchmarks, as token costs are now a CEO-level concern and newer model prices climb.

Last week

Delta launches modular AI data centre to speed build
Energy efficient

Delta launches modular AI data centre to speed build

AI operators could bring new capacity online faster, as Delta says its prefabricated system may cut data centre deployment time by 60%.

Last week

CrowdStrike lifts guidance & announces four-for-one split
ICT sector

CrowdStrike lifts guidance & announces four-for-one split

Investors got stronger sales, record free cash flow and higher full-year forecasts as the cybersecurity group also unveiled a four-for-one stock split.

Last week

Microsoft unveils Surface RTX Spark Dev Box for developers
IT Department

Microsoft unveils Surface RTX Spark Dev Box for developers

The compact desktop aims to cut cloud costs for AI developers by letting them fine-tune and run large models locally on Windows.

Last week

AIONOS & Black Box form AI infrastructure alliance
Productivity

AIONOS & Black Box form AI infrastructure alliance

Enterprises in India and beyond stand to gain a single vendor for AI infrastructure and software as the firms target GCC demand and global expansion.

Last week

Tencent Cloud launches three AI products for overseas
Data Analytics

Tencent Cloud launches three AI products for overseas

Overseas enterprises can now tap Tencent Cloud's new AI tools for office work, design and model access as it steps up its push beyond China.

Last week

Intel unveils Xeon 6+ & widens AI push at Computex
Robotics

Intel unveils Xeon 6+ & widens AI push at Computex

Rising AI inference demand is reshaping server and device design, prompting Intel to push new processors, edge systems and rackscale infrastructure.

Last week