PM Vows to Take Data Centre Policy to United Nations

PM vows to take data centre policy to United Nations

Data centre regulation could be like the social media ban and become the next area of technology Australia leads the world in, the prime minister says.

PM to give more detail around AI data centre standards | ABC News Top Stories - ABC listen

The Prime Minister will use a speech tonight to give more detail about the proposed national standards for new AI data centres. Anthony Albanese will tell a Business Council dinner the legislated standards for large data centres will focus on location along with energy and water. Under the proposed rules, facilities would have to avoid places near homes, and schools and would also have to minimise community impacts. The PM will seek agreement on…

Australian PM wants to ban data centres near schools

The government has pledged to rush through a national AI law, likening its response to the data centre boom to Australia's world-first teen social media ban.

Albanese wants data centres banned near homes and farms

Anthony Albanese wants new data centres kept away from homes, schools and prime farmland, but Queensland is pushing back against his renewable energy requirements. The post Albanese wants data centres banned near homes and farms appeared first on SmartCompany.

Not in your backyard: PM blocks data centres near homes

Developers will be blocked from building data centres near homes, schools or prime agricultural land as part of a national agreement with the states that the prime minister is struggling to land. Anthony Albanese will detail further obligations for data centres in a speech to the Business Council of Australia annual dinner, ahead of a showdown with Queensland Premier David Crisafulli at national cabinet on Wednesday. As well as requiring new dat…