Microsoft signs a five-year, ~$9.7B deal to buy AI compute capacity from Sydney-based IREN, giving Microsoft access to Nvidia's GB300 in IREN's Texas facility
Microsoft Corp. has signed a roughly $9.7 billion deal to buy artificial intelligence computing capacity from IREN Ltd., becoming the Australian company's largest customer.
Australia's WiseTech agrees to buy US cloud logistics firm E2open for $2.1B including debt, offering $3.30 per share, a 24.5% premium on E2open's May 23 close
Australian software company WiseTech Global (WTC.AX) on Monday announced its biggest deal to date, buying out U.S. cloud computing firm E2open …
US real estate analytics provider CoStar agrees to acquire Domain, an Australian property listings website that competes with News Corp's REA, for about $1.92B
Domain shareholder Nine Entertainment said it supported the proposal — SYDNEY—U.S. real-estate analytics provider CoStar agreed …
Blackstone agrees to acquire Australian data center operator AirTrunk in a deal valuing the company at around $16.1B
Bloomberg :
Sources: Google aims to slash what it spends on deals with some Australian outlets under the News Media Bargaining Code, after Meta said it wouldn't renew deals
Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review :
AWS partners with the Australian government to build a cloud data system to handle top secret information; the government plans to invest ~$1.3B over 10 years
- US company to operate three data centers in Australia — Australia says new infrastructure will improve cybersecurity
Canva acquires Affinity, popular with Mac users for its photo editing and other tools, to take on Adobe, Canva's COO says for “several hundred million pounds”
- Australian unicorn buys British team behind Affinity art suite — Affinity offers alternative tools to Adobe's flagship products
Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites
The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes' contracts, and is another sign …
US-based sports merchandise retailer Fanatics agrees to acquire the US assets of Australia-based online sports betting company PointsBet for $150M in cash
Pointsbet outlines that they are 7th in terms of market share … Tweets: Contessa Brewer / @contessabrewer : The ceo of Fanatics Betting and Gaming Matt King said last week that market access is 40-50%...
Brisbane-based edtech startup Go1 acquires Berlin-based Blinkist, which offers 15-minute summaries of non-fiction books, and raised $30M from Insight Partners
After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition …