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Warning over Australia's ambitions to be global data centre hotspot (www.abc.net.au)
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A global analysis of planned data centres has found many digital infrastructure hubs have emerged as climate-risk hotspots [but the article is about more than climate risks].

State and federal energy ministers will meet next month to decide how they can ensure the federal government's data centre expectations are complied with.

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[–] 20 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Australia doesnt have enough fresh water for that nonsense

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    There’s one being built in the South Australian desert as well. The arsehole building it said they’re ’going to leverage existing supply’

    So it’s already started and on the Great Artesian Basin as well

    We don’t fucking want em here

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