A surge in Australian data centre construction driven by AI risks pushing up power bills and climate pollution, according to a new report from the Climate Council. The report, Clouded future: Managing risks of the data centre boom, reveals that Australia is already a global investment hotspot – second only to the USA in 2024 – with 162 data centres in operation and more than 90 projects in the pipeline…
Source: Climate Council
Climate Council
- NSW moves to shield households from data centre bills, pollution
- Pollution law lets coal and gas giants pollute more
- Climate Council applauds strong Government commitment to renewable data centres
- New oil refinery won’t break Australia’s fuel dependence
- Into the bin: good riddance to Climate Active
- Climate pollution is not a drill: New alert systems critical in a hotter world
- Pay to play: Aussies tell data centres to fund their own clean energy
- New AI office must make good on PM’s pledge for additional renewable energy to power new data centres
- Former fire chief: reject NSW’s biggest coal expansion
- Queensland Government would raise power prices and pollution with data centre gamble
