Australian defence minister announces $2bn 'top-secret cloud' with Amazon – video
The Albanese government has unveiled plans to build a 'top-secret cloud' with Amazon's web services arm. The deputy prime minister Richard Marles made the announcement at a press conference on Thursday. 'The commonwealth will be establishing a top-secret cloud computing capability,' he said. 'This will house the data, which is top secret, across the commonwealth.' The cloud is expected to be operational by 2027 and will cost at least $2bn to establish. It will be a strategic partnership between the Australian Signals Directorate, the Office of National Intelligence and Amazon Web Services
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