Tahlia Rourke

Cloud & Software Reporter

Tahlia Rourke is the Cloud & Software Reporter at TrendinTech, where she covers cloud infrastructure, enterprise platforms, software development and the digital transformation of Australian businesses. She is particularly interested in what happens after the contract is signed: the migrations that overrun, the bills that surprise and the teams that make it work.

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CLD News

Data Centre Boom: AEMO Sees 13% Grid Demand by 2036 [2026]

Tahlia Rourke12 Oct 202617 minNews

CLD Comparison

Backblaze vs IDrive vs Acronis: Backup Compared [2026]

Tahlia Rourke10 Oct 202622 minComparison

CLD Comparison

S3 vs Cloudflare R2 vs Backblaze B2: 70% Cheaper [2026]

Tahlia Rourke9 Oct 202623 minComparison

Date	Story	Desk	Type	Read
12 Oct 2026	Data Centre Boom: AEMO Sees 13% Grid Demand by 2036 [2026] Australia's electricity grid is bracing for a new kind of customer, one that never sleeps, never takes a public holiday, and draws power in a straight, unbroken line....	CLD	News	17 min
10 Oct 2026	Backblaze vs IDrive vs Acronis: Backup Compared [2026] Choosing a cloud backup service in 2026 is less about finding "enough storage" and more about figuring out which trade-off you can live with. Backblaze, IDrive, and Acronis...	CLD	Comparison	22 min
9 Oct 2026	S3 vs Cloudflare R2 vs Backblaze B2: 70% Cheaper [2026] Cloud storage bills used to be a line item nobody argued about. In 2026, that has changed. Rising egress charges, multi-region replication, and the sheer volume of data...	CLD	Comparison	23 min