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Renewable projects, such as solar and wind farms, can be commissioned more quickly than nuclear energy reactors, AirTrunk boss Robin Khuda insists.
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There is “significant opportunity” for renewable energy projects and battery storage to power the artificial intelligence boom and electricity-hungry data centres before advancing to nuclear energy, AirTrunk boss Robin Khuda believes.

Mr Khuda, 45, has become one of Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs after he sold AirTrunk – the data centre business he founded – to US private equity behemoth Blackstone for $24bn, cementing his status among the nation’s elite.

The surge in demand for data capacity has left developers and data centre operators scrambling for sites in major cities that can ­accommodate the next wave of ­facilities.

Australia’s biggest health company CSL is harnessing artificial intelligence to accelerate drug development and develop more personalised and effective treatments for a range of serious diseases.

Let me know what you think lynchj@theaustralian.com.au

Jared Lynch
Technology editor
ENERGY
Go green before nuclear option, says AirTrunk chief
Renewable projects, such as solar and wind farms, can be commissioned more quickly than nuclear energy reactors, AirTrunk boss Robin Khuda insists.
PRIVACY
Chatbots ‘grooming children’: inquiry
A parliamentary inquiry into artificial intelligence in schools warns of ‘many privacy risks around students’ personal data, including or profiling and grooming’.
MARKETS
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Data revolution behind real estate scramble for host sites
As the mammoth deal for AirTrunk takes shape, it’s emerged that the surge in demand for data capacity had already triggered a scramble among developers for sites to ­accommodate the ­facilities.
DATA CENTRES
NextDC opens $100m Adelaide data centre
The tech company has kicked open the doors on its 17th Australian data centre, a $100m investment in Adelaide’s CBD.
EXCLUSIVE
CSL using AI to tackle serious diseases
Australia’s biggest health company has a new weapon to accelerate its search to find the next blockbuster drugs in its $1bn annual research and development program.

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