data centres

Australia’s accelerating data centre build-out is being sold as the physical foundation of the AI economy: a network of vast, highly secure facilities that keeps cloud services, enterprise software, search engines, Microsoft Copilot, streaming platforms, online banking and generative AI...

Australia’s government plans to make large data-centre operators fund new power generation, pay the full cost of grid connections and reduce demand when the electricity system is under pressure. The proposal, announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on July 15, has also prompted...

AI’s rapid expansion is no longer just a story about software, productivity, and hype. It is also a story about power grids, water systems, and the physical footprint of the digital economy, with data centres now emerging as one of the most consequential industrial loads on the planet. For...

Tech-industry claims that generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are a decisive lever against climate change have moved rapidly from hopeful rhetoric to corporate orthodoxy — and a new, careful analysis shows much of that rhetoric is greenwashing in plain clothes. Background: what the...