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July 21, 2026
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AI Data Centres and the First Mile Infrastructure Fallacy

The artificial intelligence (AI) technology race has triggered the dispensation of capital not seen since the widespread adoption of the internet. As AI data centres drive unprecedented demand for electricity, the ability to build and modernise power infrastructure is emerging as a critical bottleneck to keeping pace with that demand.
Cloud infrastructure has emerged as a critical factor for driving business success. Ensuring cloud resilience is essential as application downtime means lost revenue. Protiviti Australia adopts a comprehensive approach to cloud resilience.​
While the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that took effect in January 2023 is primarily disclosure-oriented, the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is all about action.
Embracing emerging technologies to drive business growth is a common focus for forward-thinking leaders in Australia.​ 
As organisations transition to SAP S/4HANA and SAP cloud solutions, they often discover that GRC capabilities and processes also need to be updated on a more frequent basis. One example of a continuously changing dataset is the segregation of duties (SoD) ruleset. With S/4HANA, the GRC ruleset now supports monitoring many new access types including Fiori apps and HANA database access. 
As the stakes increase for ensuring the integrity of sustainability reports, CFOs across all industries should not only consider adding the ESG controller role in the finance function but also determine where it sits in the organisational structure and how a newly appointed ESG controller can be positioned to succeed.
The urgent need to develop a successful competitive strategy and align your supply chain to it has become apparent in recent years. So why haven’t successful implementations of enterprise technology systems kept pace to support this critical need? The issue is that many of the core characteristics of enterprise applications – complex configurations, lengthy implementations, extensive testing and big-dollar budgets…
Operational resilience – the ability for firms to prevent, adapt, respond to, recover and learn from operational disruptions – is a common concern for clients, leading to questions such as: Which management information should firms report against? Or, how can organisations advance testing beyond tabletop scenarios? While the answers often depend on specific contexts, leveraging available data across the business can…
Sustainable sourcing, an emerging trend only a decade ago, is converging with strategic sourcing to become a fundamental component of business strategy. This reflects a broader move toward more ethical and environmentally responsible supply chains – a shift driven by regulatory requirements, customer expectations, technology advances and the realisation of long-term benefits of sustainable practices. 
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has fundamentally transformed the landscape of fraud detection, presenting unprecedented challenges and opportunities for businesses across industries.
Businesses are excited about the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to innovate and enhance business models, customer insights, products, and processes. Alongside this potential, there is a growing need to identify and mitigate risk associated with AI technologies. CIOs, in particular, are exploring how to ensure the responsible design and use of AI and their roles in managing legal, regulatory…
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