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The NSW Government recently announced guidelines requiring data centre investment to be matched with increased investment in renewable energy. The news has been welcomed by the Climate Council, which is calling on the NSW Government to impose mandatory standards so that data centre proposals that fall short don’t go ahead. “Australians are rightly asking: where is the power for the data centre boom going to come from?

An electrical company in Victoria has received a steep fine after it failed to provide fall protection for an apprentice who was working on a roof. The company was sentenced in the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on 6 August after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide a workplace that was safe and without risks to health. A fine of $40,000 was imposed in addition to costs of $2268.

Schneider Electric has released a study that provides guidance on assessing and managing arc flash risk in 800 VDC power architectures. Based on deployment scenarios informed by hyperscale data centre design patterns, the analysis compares two emerging 800 VDC architectures with varying configurations. Its findings have demonstrated that arc flash outcomes depend strongly on architecture, capacitor placement and fault-clearing behaviour.

The South Australian Government’s recent announcement of a Royal Commission into Artificial Intelligence has been received by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) as an opportunity to address a national shortage of electrical workers.

Bridge Data Centres (BDC) and Morong Electric have developed PowerCore 5.0, a fully prefabricated power module designed for AI data centres. Built for high-density AI workloads on accelerated deployment timelines, the module complies with the technical standards of BDC’s proprietary i-Power Cube, a power system designed for high-performance computing. It also integrates with BDC’s modular Bridge Omni Platform.

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Cromarty is an Australian automation and electrical engineering business that has been tackling industrial automation, measurement and control challenges for more than 35 years. Recently, the company worked with Ovarro, a specialist in remote telemetry systems, to develop a monitoring solution for the Don Irrigation Scheme in Tasmania.

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