By Shane Wright
Publication Date: 2026-06-03 09:00:00
Opinion
Australia is in the midst of an economic revolution.
No matter how you feel about artificial intelligence, whether it will be our savior or plunge us into a dystopian sci-fi hell, the impact of technology is currently being felt across Australia.
The country is in the midst of a boom in AI infrastructure spending the likes of which we haven’t seen since the country’s miners went bankrupt in the early 2010s.
This boom, the strongest since the gold rush of the 1850s, boosted miners’ profits, fueled China’s industrial revolution and poured tons of money into government coffers.
We’ve just gotten an idea of how big the boom will be after the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures showing a record $6…
