Australia's data centre sector faces increased scrutiny as a parliamentary inquiry reveals inadequate regulatory checks, Bloomberg reports.
NEXTDC has responded to Goodman and Digital Realty's share bid, calling it 'opportunistic', per Reuters.
The inquiry stops short of recommending a moratorium on new developments, despite concerns over oversight gaps.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E11, organizations; the pressure it names: data centre regulation. Its words also reach E10 institutions and E12 states.
Here it is a dynamic between organizations, institutions and states: data centre sector, NEXTDC and Goodman and Digital Realty's share bid (E11 organizations), with regulatory checks, moratorium on new developments and oversight gaps (E10 institutions), and parliamentary inquiry and inquiry stops short (E12 states).
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: data centre sector, NEXTDC, Goodman and Digital Realty's share bid.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: regulatory checks, moratorium on new developments, oversight gaps.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: parliamentary inquiry, inquiry stops short.