Is Australia ready for a datacentre boom? – podcast

The Guardian Australia · 2026-10-06T14:00:17.000Z · Technology

As technology companies push to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure across Australia, residents from suburban Melbourne to regional Queensland are raising concerns over noise, power demands, and local impacts. Could growing community opposition slow down plans for a nationwide infrastructure boom?Technology reporter Josh Taylor joins Reged Ahmad to unpack why Australians are becoming so uneasy about data centres, and whether government regulation can address their fearsRead more:Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlashPlan for controversial $1.2bn datacentre in Sydney scrapped due to ‘emerging’ regulations Continue reading...

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