Microsoft pledges $18bn to expand cloud and AI capacity in Australia
Will be invested by end of 2029
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Microsoft will "co-invest" in Aussie defense department's Azure adoption
As part of AU$495m contract
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Aussie superannuation fund CareSuper to leave AWS for Microsoft Azure
Taps Macquarie Cloud Services to help with the transition
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Australian Department of Defence signs AU$495m five-year cloud deal with Microsoft
Despite massive ongoing project with AWS
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Microsoft opens New Zealand cloud region
Will use water-free cooling
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Microsoft launches local Azure zones, plans Edge region in Perth, Australia
Azure Extended Zone coming to Perth next year, currently only live in LA
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Coles Group and Microsoft sign five-year cloud and AI deal
Coles will develop an AI-as-a-Service platform on Microsoft Cloud
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New Zealand's Warehouse Group signs multi-year cloud migration agreement with Microsoft
Will move more than 750 on-premises servers to Microsoft Azure
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Telehealth provider to be Microsoft's New Zealand cloud anchor tenant
Whakarongorau Aotearoa to migrate system to the cloud
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Oracle Database@Azure launches in Australia
Now available in six cloud regions
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Australia's Colonial First State signs multi-year agreement with Microsoft for cloud and AI
Wealth management group will continue to use Azure as its preferred cloud
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Microsoft announces CCL as strategic partner for New Zealand cloud region
Will be first company able to migrate customers to the cloud region at scale
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Te Tumu Paeroa to be anchor tenant in Microsoft's New Zealand cloud region
Office of the Maori Trustee commits to upcoming data center
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AirTrunk and CLP Power sign solar energy purchase agreement in Hong Kong
News comes as bidders line up for data center operator
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New Zealand's Canterbury Uni to outsource management of data center
University's primary data center has 312kW capacity
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Microsoft to invest AU$5 billion expanding Australian data center footprint
Money to launch nine new data centers and data center training academy
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Microsoft signs Australian energy agreement with AGL
Cloud company buying certificates from New South Wales wind farm
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Microsoft's slow outage recovery in Sydney due to insufficient staff on site
Only three people on site at time of power outage
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Oracle Cloud, NetSuite, and Azure face outages in Sydney, Australia
Likely caused by an issue at a shared data center
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7-Eleven Australia to deploy in-store computer vision for cashierless checkout
Shoppers skip the queues
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Microsoft confirms plans for one data center campus in Sydney, drops plans for another
Kemps Creek project moves ahead, Lane Cove project dropped, Seven Hills project continues
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Microsoft signs 51MW geothermal PPA in New Zealand
Te Huka Unit 3 geothermal power station due to go live next year
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Suncorp signs cloud deal with Microsoft, set to exit data centers by 2024
Aussie financial company follows on from 2013 deal with AWS
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Microsoft to expand Melbourne Azure region with more availability zones
Expanding from a single-zone region
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Auckland Transport to move from on-prem to Microsoft Azure
Microsoft to train Auckland Transport employees as part of the deal
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iseek wins Queensland government contract, Bank of Queensland to go all-in on Azure
Legacy on-premise being dropped in Australia
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Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center to be powered by 100 percent renewable energy
Company takes another step toward meeting its sustainability commitments
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Australian Defence Department signs contracts with Canberra Data Centres and Data#3
Company spends nearly AU$200 million on data center and cloud contracts