IBM’s platform built on Hyperledger Fabric has launched its blockchain main net at its Melbourne-based data center in Australia.
Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools, started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation and supported by big industry players like IBM, Intel, and SAP to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers.
The launch allows IBM customers to run their applications on the company’s cloud. A second Australian center is also planned for the end of March in Sydney. IBM Australia’s Head of Blockchain, Rupert Colchester, said that a second center would make the technology more widely available, adding, “Customers who are deploying blockchain applications have reached a maturity of projects that requires the data to be stored in Australia.”
Colchester highlighted the degree to which blockchain technology was now being used across all industries in Australia with many IBM clients now “trying to understand how best they can apply it to the business problems they have”.
An example of the growing use of blockchain at the corporate level in the country saw Australian real estate company Vicinity adding blockchain to its business operation in tandem with Australian energy tech company Power Ledger as part of a USD 75 million solar program, late last year.
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