The Data Centre Draw: How WA's Regional Areas Became Hotspots for AI Investment Western Australia's regional areas, specifically the Mid West and North West regions, are being eyed by top tech companies as ideal locations to set up data centres catering to the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry.
Premier Roger Cook has revealed that these regions have caught the attention of developers due to their abundance of land, reliable data connection, and optic fibre cable capability.
WA's existing infrastructure includes 15 operating data centres, with 13 located in the Perth metropolitan area.