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Firmus pulls biggest ASX float since Telstra amid investor doubt about datacentre company

The Guardian8 October 2026, 22:17 UTCAustralia

The offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997Firmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI data centre business failed to materialise.A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that proceeding with the offer was no longer in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Continue reading...

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