Australia needs to stop talking about AI as if it were just software Australia keeps talking about AI as if it were a software problem, but the real issue is the stack beneath it: compute, chips, infrastructure, governance, and decision rights.
When energy geopolitics hits your laptop Energy shocks from Russia’s diesel export ban and the Strait of Hormuz crisis won’t just lift petrol prices - they’re already reshaping global computing.
The hardware crunch is here: what it means for AI and data operations AI and data teams are heading into a period where hardware scarcity, longer lead times, and rising costs are no longer edge cases but operating conditions.