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Kiwi Edition · 2026

The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure

A curated Kiwi edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Infrastructure.

What to know about AI Infrastructure

AI Infrastructure explores the hardware, software, and systems that make modern artificial intelligence possible. This tag covers everything from compute and storage architectures to networking, data pipelines, and observability stacks that keep AI workloads reliable and efficient.

Stories here dig into practical questions: how to design scalable training and inference clusters, choose between GPUs and emerging accelerators, manage feature stores, and orchestrate distributed workloads. You’ll find discussions of MLOps practices, cost optimization, performance tuning, and the trade-offs behind different infrastructure patterns.

Whether you’re building a new AI platform or evolving an existing stack, this tag helps you understand the components, constraints, and design decisions that sit underneath AI products. Reading these pieces will give you concrete examples, architectural patterns, and lessons learned that you can apply to your own systems.

Kiwi AI Infrastructure News

Regional stories with direct local relevance

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Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure

Expert Columns

Interviews

Interviews and video coverage from the network

Recent AI Infrastructure News

Train and retain the catch cry to beat skilled labour shortage
Construction

Train and retain the catch cry to beat skilled labour shortage

Australia and New Zealand are facing tighter construction labour supplies as data centre, defence and Olympic projects drive demand and cost pressure.

Thu, 9th Jul 2026

AI could drive advances that solve the problems it brings, computer scientist suggests
Sustainability

AI could drive advances that solve the problems it brings, computer scientist suggests

Higher electricity demand from artificial intelligence could be eased if it speeds up more efficient solar panels, batteries and chips.

Tue, 9th Jun 2026

Physical security guidance for New Zealand data centre hopes
Security

Physical security guidance for New Zealand data centre hopes

New government guidance warns mega data centres are now critical infrastructure, with a single breach risking banking, logistics and communications.

Sun, 24th May 2026

Asia Pacific at the forefront of AI development
Risk & Compliance

Asia Pacific at the forefront of AI development

Asia Pacific firms are moving from pilots to GenAI scale-up, with talent shortages and data governance now the main brakes on returns.

Tue, 9th Sep 2025

NIWA partners with VAST Data to upgrade climate data systems
Data management

NIWA partners with VAST Data to upgrade climate data systems

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand has chosen VAST Data's platform to enhance its climate data management capabilities.

Thu, 12th Dec 2024

What recent moves in AI mean for infrastructure
Artificial Intelligence

What recent moves in AI mean for infrastructure

Greater investment is needed if AI is to cut costs, speed delivery and ease labour shortages across infrastructure projects.

Wed, 11th Sep 2024

Building a 15,000km cable from Australia to Chile
DataCentre infrastructure

Building a 15,000km cable from Australia to Chile

A planned link to Chile could give the Asia Pacific and Oceania faster connectivity, as suppliers are asked to price the 15,000 km Humboldt Cable.

Mon, 1st Aug 2022

New Zealand needs a national strategy for AI
Artificial Intelligence

New Zealand needs a national strategy for AI

Limited funding means New Zealand risks missing out on AI benefits unless ministers set a coordinated plan for research, safety and growth.

Mon, 3rd May 2021

Red Hat AI 3.5 expands AI safety and observability tools
Graphics Processing Unit

Red Hat AI 3.5 expands AI safety and observability tools

Enterprises get new governance, monitoring and multi-tenant controls as Red Hat targets safer, scalable AI use beyond pilot projects.

Today

Spark Wholesale launches Auckland data centre link
Digital Transformation

Spark Wholesale launches Auckland data centre link

Private fibre links across Auckland will let data-heavy businesses move traffic between facilities with less congestion and more predictable performance.

Today

Bitget launches GPU rental-price perpetuals for traders
Crypto

Bitget launches GPU rental-price perpetuals for traders

Retail traders can now bet on AI chip rental costs, as Bitget opens around-the-clock perpetuals tied to Nvidia GPU indices.

Yesterday

Google warns cyber attackers are moving to agentic AI
Threat intelligence

Google warns cyber attackers are moving to agentic AI

Attackers are compressing intrusions into hours, leaving defenders less time to spot and stop credential-harvesting campaigns.

Yesterday

KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul
Large Language Models

KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul

Users of Buffmee will get faster, better grounded answers after KDDI reduced response latency by 38% and improved first-token speed.

Yesterday

HPE deepens Oracle tie-up on AI data centre networking
Data centers

HPE deepens Oracle tie-up on AI data centre networking

The multi-year rollout aims to ease bandwidth and latency bottlenecks as Oracle scales GPU-heavy cloud clusters across its global AI estate.

Yesterday

Tuned Global boosts music ingestion tenfold with AWS
Digital Transformation

Tuned Global boosts music ingestion tenfold with AWS

Onboarding large catalogues now takes days rather than weeks, as the platform can ingest up to 20 million tracks a day after its AWS overhaul.

Yesterday

Qualcomm and Amazon team up on AI data centre chips
Semiconductors

Qualcomm and Amazon team up on AI data centre chips

The pact deepens Qualcomm's push into data-centre hardware as AWS seeks custom chips to cut costs, power use and latency for AI workloads.

Yesterday

NETSCOUT expands data platform to boost enterprise AI
Digital Transformation

NETSCOUT expands data platform to boost enterprise AI

Enterprises could cut AI costs and speed incident resolution as NETSCOUT adds packet-derived evidence to existing observability tools.

2 days ago

AI data centres make grid access key to power deals
Hyperscale

AI data centres make grid access key to power deals

Grid congestion is adding risk and a scarcity premium to data centre deals as AI demand drives electricity needs sharply higher.

2 days ago

Guickly raises USD $4.2m to track enterprise AI spend
Digital Transformation

Guickly raises USD $4.2m to track enterprise AI spend

Enterprise buyers now have a new tool to curb unpredictable AI bills as Guickly secures USD $4.2 million and targets shadow usage.

3 days ago

Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU
Tokenisation

Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU

Under heavy generation load, the smaller model kept scaling on TPU v6e while the 27B version hit a throughput plateau above 64 users.

3 days ago

Job Moves