After Threatening to Leave, Google to Expand Cloud Infrastructure in Australia

Google will spend A$1 billion ($736 million) in Australia over five years, the tech giant said, just months after it threatened to pull its services from the country in response to tougher government regulation. The main operating unit of Alphabet Inc. said it planned to expand cloud infrastructure, set up a research hub staffed by Australian researchers and engineers and partner with science agency the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).