Private business investment jumped by 6 per cent in the March quarter, driven by a 30-year-high increase in machinery and equipment, much of which is used to build data centres.

Business investment growth hit 6.5 per cent in the March quarter – a rate last seen in the mining boom – far exceeding expectations of about 1 per cent.

Private business investment jumped by 6 per cent in the March quarter, driven by a 30-year-high increase in machinery and equipment, much of which is used to build data centres.

Private business investment also jumped by 6 per cent in the March quarter, driven by a 30-year-high increase in machinery and equipment, much of which is used to build data…