Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar pitches Australia as renewable-powered data centre hub for South-East Asia
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Michael Janda, Kirsten Aiken
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Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar proposes that Australia could become a major global data centre hub powered by renewable energy, exporting green energy to the region as "megawatts as megabytes." He contrasts this with his co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes' Suncable project, which aims to send solar power via underwater cable to Singapore. Farquhar argues that data centres powered by Australian renewables could serve South-East Asia's growing digital infrastructure needs while generating significant economic returns.
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bskyAtlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar pitches Australia as renewable-powered data centre hub for South-East Asiaabc.net.auKey quotes
· 2 pulledWe should power the region.
We should export megawatts as megabytes for potentially megabucks. This could be a $1
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