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Commentary

How do we power the data centre boom while also quitting coal? There are three options
How do we get the renewables and AI industries to work together to build out energy and digital infrastructure? There are three options, all with pros and cons.
Jack Redpath

Oct 14, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Victorian Labor toes federal line on BYO renewables for data centres, Coalition still pushing gas
Victorian Labor says it will adopt the proposed federal Labor mandate and require future data centre developers to bring their own renewable energy and storage if re-elected in November.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy & Planning

‘No carve-outs’ for states over renewables mandate for data centres, Bowen says
Bowen firmly rejects suggestion that Coalition states and territories have won fossil fuel carve-outs from the renewable energy mandates for data centres.
Peter Hannam

Aug 28, 2026

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Policy & Planning

After Anthony Albanese’s fold on data centres, where might Chris Bowen be curtailed next?
Analysts and even state governments are trying to make sense of Albanese’s backdown on data centres. And what does it mean for Bowen’s ambitious plans?
Peter Hannam

Aug 27, 2026

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Coal

Albanese caves on renewables mandate for data centres, with Queensland, NT claiming fossil fuel wins
Albanese appears to cave on his demands for renewables-only approach to data centres, with NT free to plug in Beetaloo gas and Queensland also happy.
Peter Hannam

Aug 26, 2026

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Climate

The dirty word missing from the debate over how to power the data centre boom
Federal Labor’s determination to support renewables as the primary power source for data centres has tended to avoid any mention of one very important word.
Peter Hannam

Aug 26, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest data centre to require 4 substations, 2 power lines, some batteries and 4 days of diesel backup
The massive 800 MW data centre will need city-scale electrical infrastructure, and will install enough diesel generator capacity, and fuel, to last four days if needed.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 24, 2026

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Commentary

Energy Colossus: AI is on a huge learning curve – and it could fuel a tripling in power demand
AI capability improvement requires more brute compute power for training runs, and that means more megawatts. No wonder Anthropic is paying $US15 billion a year to SpaceX for its Colossus.
David Leitch

Aug 11, 2026

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Solar

Thermal battery company chasing 1 GW data centre deal for site once earmarked for giant solar towers
The site which was going to host the iterations of Australia’s concentrated solar power dream may now be the home of a data centre.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 3, 2026

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Renewables

“I would choose the data centre:” Renewable energy boss says firm off-taker deals preferable to CIS
Renewable energy developer says contracts with data centres offer more certainty than CIS, while grid manager says it isn’t “scared” of the sector anymore.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 3, 2026

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Renewables

Data giant says its happy with renewable mandate, but Queensland and NT snub Canberra and go for gas
Queensland wants data centres to be powered by gas, while NSW is already planning for a renewables-powered sector.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 29, 2026

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$Government backs “disaster proposal” to power 2 GW hyperscale data centre with fracked Beetaloo gas$

Policy & Planning

Government backs “disaster proposal” to power 2 GW hyperscale data centre with fracked Beetaloo gas
NT government has set aside land for the $40 billion gas-powered AI ambitions of ASX-listed miner Beetaloo Energy, which could burn up to 200 TJ / day of fracked gas power generation.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 22, 2026

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How do we power the data centre boom while also quitting coal? There are three options

Victorian Labor toes federal line on BYO renewables for data centres, Coalition still pushing gas

‘No carve-outs’ for states over renewables mandate for data centres, Bowen says

After Anthony Albanese’s fold on data centres, where might Chris Bowen be curtailed next?

Albanese caves on renewables mandate for data centres, with Queensland, NT claiming fossil fuel wins

The dirty word missing from the debate over how to power the data centre boom

Australia’s biggest data centre to require 4 substations, 2 power lines, some batteries and 4 days of diesel backup

Energy Colossus: AI is on a huge learning curve – and it could fuel a tripling in power demand

Thermal battery company chasing 1 GW data centre deal for site once earmarked for giant solar towers

“I would choose the data centre:” Renewable energy boss says firm off-taker deals preferable to CIS

Data giant says its happy with renewable mandate, but Queensland and NT snub Canberra and go for gas

Government backs “disaster proposal” to power 2 GW hyperscale data centre with fracked Beetaloo gas

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