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Albanese Pushes AI Data Center Green Rules | Adelaide News
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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pushing for a national mandate requiring AI data centers to run on renewable energy, aiming to modernize the nation’s power grid as these facilities expand. But states like Queensland and the Northern Territory are fiercely resisting, arguing for local control over energy choices and pointing to abundant coal and gas reserves — especially in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin — as sufficient. Industry Minister Tim Ayres warns against a “race to the bottom,” stressing that relying on fossil fuels could inflate household energy costs. Meanwhile, experts like Professor Toby Walsh applaud the move but caution that Australia may have missed an opportunity to build broader infrastructure and workforce readiness, as public trust in data center developers erodes amid U.S. moratoriums.
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