Introduction

City-centric data centre strategies serve to deepen the digital divide that exists between metropolitan and regional Australia.

Regions rely on legacy backhaul that often stifles the adoption of areas such as analytics-as-a-service capabilities required to act on insights quickly and effectively.

Pandemic-induced migrations out of metropolitan centres compound the latency challenge. As employees embrace the lifestyle opportunity that an indefinite shift to work-from-anywhere brings, the demand for equitable experiences outside of urban areas is accelerating.

Building Australia’s regional Edge is an opportunity to address national resourcing constraints and drive sustainable outcomes.

By providing employees with real-world experience in the…