Technology

* Invercargill-based studio receives $40,000 CODE grant for developing a 2D action RPG. * Game development team includes SIT staff, graduates, and a current student. * Funding will create a prototype to secure investment for full game development. An Invercargill studio with close ties to the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) has

* Optimus robots will enter mass production in 2025, scaling to 500,000 units by 2029. * Tesla’s manufacturing efficiency will rapidly lower costs while sharing components with Tesla vehicles. * Optimus production requires significantly fewer materials, increasing resource efficiency compared to Tesla cars. Tesla is gearing up to transform the future

T4 Group confirmed today (Sunday 14th April) the purchase of the land required to build their long-planned data centre. There has been a competitive race between Datagrid and T4 Group, with various announcements but limited progress. In March 2023 T4 Group director David Simpson said “The constructi

New Zealand and Australia’s space sectors are making strides with the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) project, setting a new standard in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. This initiative promises to drastically enhance positioning precision and reliability th

Robin McNeill, CEO of Invercargill based SpaceOps NZ, today announced that SpaceOps NZ had concluded negotiations to take over AUT’s radio astronomy operations at Spark’s Warkworth Satellite Earth Station, effective from 3rd July 2023. By tuning into radio waves emitted by some of the most distant o

Makarewa could be the site of the country’s first carbon-neutral data centre, creating up to 25 new jobs for Southlanders – and consent has already been lodged for another one at the Clyde Dam in Central Otago. Datagrid is the company behind the Southland project, and has partnered with Meridian Ene

The global tech giant announced today that it would establish its first datacentre region in New Zealand. In a statement, Microsoft said the New Zealand datacenter region will be the latest addition to its global datacenter footprint. It has 60 datacentre regions worldwide with its Microsoft Azure c

Focus Technology Group purchases Deloitte Dunedin IT division and Techbox Leading systems and technology support company, Focus Technology Group, has purchased two Dunedin-based businesses in the last three months. The tech company is now the largest IT support provider in the South Island for mid-s