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QLD at war with Feds over data centres
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (140+ words) The federal government is expected to set new rules for energy use by AI data centres at Wednesday’s national cabinet meeting. However, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli is expected to reject the Albanese government’s bid to require that data centres use…...
Data centres drive up US emissions
1+ week, 5+ day ago (122+ words) MacroBusiness Data centres drive up US emissions Following on from Tuesday’s article on the massive 336‑MW data centre campus planned for Melbourne, which would operate with dozens of diesel generators, it is worth examining the global leader in data centres…...
Data centres increase Australia's fuel dependency
1+ week, 5+ day ago (581+ words) The spurious claim that intermittent, weather-dependent energy is best to power data centres has been thoroughly debunked by the operators of such sites. Over the weekend, The Age reported that Singapore-backed Zerra DC has proposed to build a $1.1 billion, 336‑MW…...
Data centres are incompatible with renewable energy targets
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (105+ words) MacroBusiness Data centres are incompatible with renewable energy targets The Northern Territory government is backing plans for a $40 billion data centre industry, with several ‘hyper-scale’ AI data centre campuses to be built on land around 30 kilometres from Darwin. These data…...
Australia's data centre delusion
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (459+ words) The Climate Council contends that there are about 160 data centres currently operating in Australia, with another 90 proposed. Alex Hooper, the head of climate and energy economics at Oxford Economics Australia, says data centres are tipped to account for more than…...
Data centres blow up emissions targets
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (161+ words) Data centres contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, primarily through electricity consumption, and their impact is growing as demand for digital services increases. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), data centres are responsible for approximately 1-1.5% of global electricity use,…...
The Economics of Data Centres
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1144+ words) Data centres today look nothing like those of a decade ago. Older facilities were essentially warehouses of independent computers linked by Ethernet, designed for tasks like website hosting or database access. Modern AI workloads are far more demanding. Training models…...