Aussie PM Defends Defence Department’s Delayed Exit From Chinese-Owned Data Centre

A general view in the CERN Data Centre of the 1450 m2 main room during a behind the scenes tour at CERN on April 19, 2017 in Meyrin, Switzerland. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the delayed exit by the Department of Defence from a Chinese-owned data centre based in Sydney.

Defence made plans in 2017 to migrate all its data into a secure, government-owned facility by 2020, after the UK-based Global Switch owners sold a 49 percent stake to the Chinese consortium Elegant Jubilee in December 2016.