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28 August 2026

The tussle over Australian datacentres is just beginning – and it’s been far from easy so far | Tom McIlroy

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The tussle over Australian datacentres is just beginning – and it’s been far from easy so far | Tom McIlroy

As he negotiates Australia’s AI future, the prime minister is under pressure from leaders of conservative states and territories Australian Politics podcast: Who actually benefits from new datacentres in Australia? Releasing its annual snapshot of electricity supply and demand, the regulator revealed consumption by datacentres in Australia was forecast to increase from about 3% of all electricity supplied through the national grid today to about 13% by 2035.

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