Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’

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Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace’s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States. Like the US, Australia is seeing community resentment grow in response to a surge in the construction of massive AI datacentres. However,…
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