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Is the Firmus fiasco a crack in the AI boom?

Ian Verrender · ABC News (AU)

Published 13 Oct 2026, 5:00 am·1 h ago·1 min read

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Amidst the wreckage of last week's failed mega capital-raising by data centre provider Firmus Technologies was a creeping sense that, once again, Australia had somehow fallen short.

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