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Warning over Australia's ambitions to be global data centre hotspot (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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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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    • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    When they say Australia's ambitions, who exactly are they talking about?

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    [–] [B] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Data centre "Hotspot" is an interesting choice of words

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    • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Don't you mean "AI factories", ABC?

    I just know that none of that will matter and those data centres will be built regardless

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    • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Watch our dogshit major party politicians plug this shit as us being a T3cHnOLoGy HuB.

    Pretty sure one from South Australia already did over the one they’re building in the desert

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    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    The internet is shit here. Don’t bother

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    [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Gonna be fucking hilarious when they hit the reality of Australian internet

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