Energy sector stories
Enterprises can now buy AI work by output, as the new marketplace aims to cut project costs and speed delivery across functions.
The switch should cut missed payments and manual billing work for heat network customers, while reducing service interruptions from failed top-ups.
UK businesses drew GBP £14.4 billion in equity funding in the first half of 2026, as London still dominated despite sharp regional gains.
Delayed reconciliations and siloed teams are leaving European energy retailers exposed, with most executives saying up to 10% of revenue is at risk.
Pressure is mounting on advisers in Australia and New Zealand as Fujitsu moves to tie strategy to delivery and win more transformation work.
Enterprises may gain decision support without replacing existing systems, as the assistant uses governed internal data to recommend next best actions.
Finance leaders at large enterprises could miss price rises and leaked savings as Cotiss shifts from procurement software to inbox-driven intelligence.
Advertisers are getting more clicks for less, as paid media outlays climbed 17.5% in the first half of 2026 despite a 10.8% drop in click costs.
The new Melbourne site will help Freespace double drone production and expand its workforce as defence and industrial orders grow.
Smaller operators face faster, cheaper attacks as Five Eyes agencies say frontier AI could reshape cyber threats within months.
Fewer firms are overestimating OT security maturity, as only 14% can see their environments fully and gaps are coming into focus.
Enterprises running AI on specialised hardware could gain better control and security as the firms target a visibility gap in runtime operations.
Students in Years 12 and 13 will gain school qualifications tied to jobs and training as the government seeks to ease skills shortages.
The remote Brazilian plant is set to cut outage risks after Rockwell merged control, safety and fire systems on one platform for LNG production.
Households and businesses were kept supplied despite a record winter morning peak of 7,415 MW, as low wind tightened the grid.
The fibre-backed alternative could reduce reliance on GPS for banks, utilities and emergency services, improving resilience against outages and interference.
AI spending is eroding margins and boards lack the real-time visibility needed to weigh token costs against business value.
Demand for enterprise AI is pushing the consultancy deeper into Western Australia, where energy and resources clients are now a bigger focus.
Clients in regulated sectors may be able to test sensitive workloads in Canada, easing data-sovereignty worries as quantum use matures.
Customers face heightened scam risks as Origin Energy investigates claims that a hacker accessed two million records and alerted regulators.