Atlassian founder: Australia could be major data hub for South-East Asia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/atlassian-scott-farquhar-spruiks-data-centre-future/105587560

by defrost • 12 months ago

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defrost• 12 months ago

Submitted HN title trimmed from current web article title.

RSS title: Atlassian founder spruiks Australian data centre hub

Web article title (at present time): Atlassian co-founder says Australia could be major data centre hub for South-East Asia

  Scott Farquhar has used a National Press Club address to call for government support to enable the rapid construction of more data centres and renewable energy to power them.

  Mr Farquhar said, with changes to copyright laws, Australia could provide much of South-East Asia's rapidly expanding data storage needs.

  Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar believes Australia can become one of the world's major data centre hubs, powered by renewable energy.

  While his Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes struggles to advance his planned Suncable project to generate vast amounts of solar energy in the Northern Territory and send it via an underwater cable to Singapore, Mr Farquhar has proposed a different way for Australia to export its green energy.

  "We should power the region," he said in a speech to the National Press Club.

  "We should export megawatts as megabytes for potentially megabucks. This could be a $10 billion-plus opportunity."

ABC Australia iView digital broadcast: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/national-press-club-address https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2511C026S00

(not yet published although broadcast in past hour, likely geolocked)

langfo• 12 months ago

Has been published now on iview.

I liked his other comment about how we are used to using enery to power physical work, we now need to get used to using energy to power mental work

Atlassian founder: Australia could be major data hub for South-East Asia

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