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26 August 2026

Ford's factory 'helped make Australia'. Can a data centre have the same legacy?

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Ford's factory 'helped make Australia'. Can a data centre have the same legacy?

For more than half a century, this Ford manufacturing plant was known as the home of the iconic Falcon. Now there is a proposal to turn it into a giant data centre and locals are worried.

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