The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Asia Pacific, IBM
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Services Australia signs AU$110m contract with IBM for mainframe upgrade
Contract period will run until end of June 2031
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US Dep’t of Commerce awards nine quantum computing companies $2bn in exchange for non-controlling equity stakes
Plus a round up of other quantum computing news
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New Zealand's Datacom acquires Auckland data center from T4
Veteran ICT firm takes over former IBM facility
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Australian Taxation Office signs AU$104.8m contract for IBM z17 mainframe
Home Affairs department also signs AU$35m for non-mainframe IBM deal
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Bharti Airtel taps IBM for Airtel Cloud offering
Also adds new locations
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IBM to integrate Quantum System Two with Fugaku supercomputer
Japan welcomes first ever IBM Quantum System Two to be deployed outside of the US
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University of Tokyo to upgrade its IBM quantum computer with 156-qubit Heron QPU
University will link quantum computer with Miyabi supercomputer later this year
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IBM and TCS to deploy IBM Quantum System Two at Quantum Valley Tech Park in India
System will contain a 156-qubit Heron quantum processor
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Partners Group acquires Australian data center firm GreenSquareDC
PE firm to invest AU$1.2 billion to build pan-Aus data center platform
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Data center operators, suppliers, and chip designers form 'Coalition for Sustainable AI'
But it has no actual commitments
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Australian Department of Home Affairs signs IBM mainframe contract
Awards new AU$165m contract to IBM
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IQM to deploy quantum computer in Taiwan
And other quantum updates
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IBM adds watsonx service to IBM Cloud in Australia and New Zealand
Will be available from IBM's Sydney data center
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IBM partners with Japanese research institution to deliver 10,000 qubit quantum computers
System due to go online in 2029
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Riken to integrate IBM quantum computer with Fugako supercomputer in Japan
QuEra also set to deploy an on-premise supercomputer in Japan
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New Zealand’s T4 acquires Kyndryl data center in Auckland
Company has been using facility since 2022
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AI-powered heat monitoring system could help cut data center emissions
The IBM and NTT project could save operators money on their energy bills
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IBM Quantum System Two processor to be installed at Korean Quantum Computing site
System expected to be operational by 2028
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IBM Australia lands AU$725m DTA deal
Whole-of-government agreement to last five years
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SoftBank, Sony, NTT, & others team up to launch 'Rapidus' chipmaker with $500m from Japan's government
Company will license IBM technology to build sub-2nm chips
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South Korea's government to grill Kakao after data center fire cripples key services
Fire at SK Group data center also hit Naver - but Kakao reportedly had a flawed recovery plan
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Korea's Yonsei University to install on-premises IBM Quantum System One
The fourth country to get an IBM Quantum System One
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IBM delivers quantum computer to Japan
Big Blue delivers its first Quantum System One to Asia in partnership with the University of Tokyo
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Aus Home Affairs signs AU$235 million mainframe contract extension
Home Affairs extends 2007 mainframe deal by another four years
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IBM to close data centers in Dallas, Melbourne, and Houston
Claims the data centers are unsuitable for modernization
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Japan's Arm-powered Fugaku named world's fastest supercomputer
Topping Top500 list of most powerful systems in the world
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Amazon applies to prevent release of Australian data center emission figures
More than 400 Australian companies have already published their emissions and energy data for the financial year 2017-18
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Tech Mahindra endorses Power9 processors from IBM
Says they’re good for “most demanding workloads”