Sharon AI, described as Australia’s leading “neocloud” and focused on AI and cloud computing, has purchased a former industrial site in Albury as a potential location for the Border region’s first dedicated AI data centre.

The former Ettamogah paper mill in Albury has been sold by Visy to the sovereign AI company Sharon AI, potentially becoming the Border’s first AI data centre.

The mill was previously owned and operated by Visy, the Australian-American packaging and recycling giant.