Data centres explained: What they mean for regional Victoria's future
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Madeleine Stuchbery
21h ago· 5 min readenNews
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Summary
This article explains what data centres are and explores their growing role in regional Victoria. It covers how data centres enable modern internet-dependent life, Victoria's ambition to become Australia's data centre capital through a $5.5 million Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan, and the implications of building new facilities outside Melbourne in regional areas. The piece examines the infrastructure, economic opportunities, and potential challenges of expanding data storage capacity across regional Victoria.
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· 3 pulledVictoria already has 40 data storage centres, and has its sights set on becoming Australia's data centre capital, with a $5.5 million Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan.
From our phones, at any time of the day, we can check the weather forecast, watch a television show, scroll social media or listen to a podcast.
our contemporary reliance on internet connectivity to power everything from the way we work to how we order our groceries is only possible due to the expansion of digital data storage.
With the announcement of two new facilities outside of Melbourne, could regional Victoria become a hotspot for data centres?
