The Federal Government has revealed the next location of one of its research data storage sites in Victoria.

 

Lead by the University of Queensland on behalf of the Department of Industry, innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISTRE), the new data node forms part of the $50 million Federal Government project.

 

Dr Nick Tate, RDSI Project Director who is based at UQ, said the new node would receive funding under the Research Data Storage Infrastructure Project. He announced that the University of Melbourne will lead a primary node within Melbourne on behalf of the Victorian universities. 

The department funds the project from the Education Investment Fund under the Super Science (Future Industries) initiative. 

“The project will be a significant boost for researchers around Australia who are capturing and processing of enormous data sets,” Dr Tate said. 

“The powerful potential of ‘big data', combined with the significant computing capability that the Government is also investing in, will transform research across Australia for data-intensive research activities. “