Australia is building a lot of new homes. But is the datacentre boom holding us back? | Greg Jericho

The Guardian Australia · 2026-10-07T14:00:54.000Z · Artificial Intelligence

Housing construction is at its strongest level since 2016, but it’s AI that is sucking up resources for builders The latest series of data on housing and building activity has been released, showing residential building is growing strongly but also that the datacentre boom is massive and ongoing. As political parties look to keep housing on the agenda, the massive resources devoted to building datacentres is going to hit anyone wishing to increase housing supply. Continue reading...

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