May 29, 2026 – 12.01amThe heads of Australia’s two public supercomputers have welcomed a multimillion-dollar cash injection from the federal government, but warned further investment is vital to meet the country’s growing demand for sovereign computing and to keep it globally competitive.The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth and the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) at the Australian National University in Canberra will receive a share of $82 million in funding under the latest round of National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) grants to be announced on Friday.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles