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Weld Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Agency Agreement with the American Welding Society (AWS), in a move the organisations say is aimed at supporting welding, fabrication and advanced manufacturing capability tied to AUKUS, defence and shipbuilding work. According to Weld Australia, the agreement is intended to create a framework for collaboration on [...]

Yondr Group has acquired a 40-acre site in Manassas, Virginia, in partnership with certain funds and accounts managed by Cerberus Capital Management and its affiliates, to develop a 72MW hyperscale data center campus. The companies said the site is intended to support demand from hyperscale customers, with the campus expected to become operational in 2029. [...]

International researchers say they have developed a method to convert carbon dioxide from industrial exhaust directly into a fuel precursor without first separating and purifying the gas, addressing a key barrier for many carbon capture and utilisation approaches. The work, published in Nature Communications, targets the challenge posed by industrial flue gas, which typically co...

Datagrid New Zealand has signed a supply and installation contract with Alcatel Submarine Networks and OMS Group to deliver the Tasman Ring Network, a 2,300 km optical submarine cable system planned to connect Invercargill in New Zealand’s South Island with Melbourne, Australia. Under the contract, Alcatel Submarine Networks will supply the submarine cable system, while [...]

Johnson Controls has released an Absorption Chiller Reference Design Guide aimed at data centre operators running on-site power generation, as the sector faces rising electricity demand driven by AI workloads. The company cited Gartner projections that global data centre electricity consumption and power demand will rise by 26% and 27% respectively in 2026, increasing pressure [...