Why investment in Australia’s supercomputing should matter to every Australian

Ahead of the 2025 federal election, the Australian Academy of Science is proposing an investment of $200 million per year over 10 years to urgently modernise Australia’s high-performance computing and data infrastructure – our supercomputers – which are reaching their end of life and cannot meet the growing demands of science, defence, industry and society.

The Academy is also calling for the development of a 10-year plan to meet our future supercomputing needs, rather than taking a just-in-time funding approach to critical infrastructure.

Supercomputers play a vital role in all our lives. They:

• give vital information to our farmers to improve agricultural yields, which lowers food prices in supermarkets
• provide climate intelligence that helps us prepare and respond to natural disasters, minimising flood and bushfire damage that keeps insurance costs in check
• enable personalised cancer care that reduces suffering and loss and improves overall healthcare.

Learn more

Read our fact sheet with a comprehensive proposal on high-performance computing and data.

Pre-Budget Submission

Investing in high-performance computing and data infrastructure was one of the four inclusions in the Academy's 2025-26 Pre-Budget Submission. 

Read our media release

Read the Academy's 2025-26 Pre-Budget Submission