Microsoft to launch Azure in Canberra in push for sensitive govt data

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Microsoft to launch Azure in Canberra in push for sensitive govt data
Greg Boorer (Canberra Data Centres) and James Kavanagh (Microsoft)

Hyperscale data centres hoping for ASD approval.

Microsoft is launching two Canberra regions for its Azure platform in a major investment to convince Australian government agencies to move their data to its public cloud. The company will go live with the new regions, based in Canberra Data Centres' Hume and Fyshwick facilities, in the ...

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