How many jobs is Telstra cutting between 2024 and 2026?

Telstra has announced more than 3,900 role reductions between 2024 and 2026, across Telstra Enterprise, Network Applications and Services and Telstra Purple. This includes an initial 2,800-role cut in May 2024, a further 550 roles in July 2025, and a proposed 650 roles in February 2026, with at least 209 positions being offshored to India through the Accenture joint venture.

What data centres does Telstra InfraCo operate in Australia?

Telstra InfraCo operates 3 carrier-neutral colocation facilities in Sydney (St Leonards), Melbourne (Clayton) and Canberra (Deakin), with target IT capacity of 20MW, 20MW and 4.5MW respectively. Its Deakin and St Leonards facilities hold HCF Strategic Certification as strategic enclaves, making them significant options for enterprise and government tenants with sovereign workload requirements.

What is Telstra InfraCo's AI data centre strategy?

Telstra InfraCo is pursuing a connectivity-first AI strategy, betting that Australia's AI infrastructure race will be won not by the largest data halls but by the most extensive networks connecting them. InfraCo owns Australia's largest territorial intercity network with 250,000km of high-speed fibre, and is developing a 62MW AI-optimised campus in Western Sydney through a capital-light partnership with Starwood Capital Group and Doma Infrastructure Group, targeted for completion in 2028.

Telstra's data centre disconnect: headcount out, hyperscale in | Australia Data Centre Index

Special Analysis - As AirTrunk, NEXTDC and CDC Data Centres race to expand their hyperscale footprints, Telstra InfraCo is betting that Australia's AI infrastructure race will be won not by the largest data halls, but by the most extensive networks connecting them.

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