Data Centres

The demand for data centres in Australia and around the world is increasing rapidly amid an expanding digital economy and the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

An estimated $26 billion in data centre investment is forecast by 2030 to keep up with the demand for computing power. Australia is emerging as a strategically important hub for AI deployment and infrastructure, underpinned by abundant land, strong renewable energy potential, a highly skilled engineering workforce, and a stable political and regulatory environment. There are already more than 250 data centres operating nationwide, with many more in development. For companies seeking robust, forward-looking IP protection aligned with where AI implementation is occurring, Australia now firmly belongs on the “must file” list.

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From 'nice to have' to 'must file': IP and Australia's AI infrastructure boom

Australia is fast moving into the category of a “must file” jurisdiction for AI related intellectual property. Discover why Australia is becoming a priority jurisdiction for AI innovation. A jurisdiction attracting this level of AI investment isn't one your IP strategy can afford to overlook.

Powering AI infrastructure: energy, renewables and data centres in Australia

Power availability, reliability and cost play a central role in determining where data centres can be built and how they operate. In practice, this has brought energy and AI infrastructure design much closer together than they were even a few years ago, and has resulted in Australia being a key jurisdiction for IP protection in these areas.

Australia’s data centre boom: why tech companies should consider software patenting

Anthropic’s interest in Australian data centres signals the country’s move into the global AI infrastructure mainstream—alongside billions in investment from Amazon Web Services and OpenAI—raising important considerations for how the software powering this growth is protected.

Australia’s data centre boom - how companies building smarter can benefit through the R&D tax program

Australia’s R&D tax incentive program provides a meaningful tax offset of 38.5% - 46.5% on eligible R&D expenditure, and is a key inducement for the booming development of data centres here.

From Data Centres to Patents: Why Australia and South East Asia are key patent filing jurisdictions for AI innovations

As AI systems increasingly rely on hyperscale data centres, dense GPU infrastructure and significant power capacity, confidence in where commercially significant deployment is most likely to occur increases. And as jurisdictions such as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand emerge as key players in this space, IP protection in these strategically important compute hubs becomes much more significant for commercially savvy Ai companies.

How Firmus Technologies is delivering a cool solution in a hot market

Firmus Technologies is an Australian based AI infrastructure company that is making headlines for its innovative approach to AI-specific data centre deployments (which it refers to as “AI Factories”) – not to mention the multi-billion-dollar agreements it is involved in. Strong IP is supporting it's smart technology.

Training AI in Australia: Copyright risk in a data centre economy

As AI workloads move into Australian data centres, copyright risk is becoming a core consideration in AI system design, not just deployment. Explore how Australia's approach to copyright and AI is shaping the way organisations think about training, fine-tuning and operating AI systems.