Queensland and the NT Opt Out of Clean Energy Paired with Data Centres Mandate

How Albanese could force states to follow his lead on green energy data centres

The two states promote the use of fossil fuels and this week opposed a plan to require large data centres to power their operations with renewables.

Centre-Right Queensland, NT Governments Reject Renewable Power Plan for AI Data Centres

Queensland and the Northern Territory have refused to sign up to a new framework to compel data centres to build renewable energy generation, at a recently concluded Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council (ECMC) meeting. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) forecasts that data centres will account for around 10 percent of total demand by 2050. It says Australia is currently home to 162 operational data centres nationally, predomin…

Data centres protest stringent renewables plan

Data centre developers should be allowed to decide where and how they source new renewable energy, says one of the nation’s biggest operators.

Queensland and the NT opt out of clean energy paired with data centres mandate

During an Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council (ECMC) virtual meeting, Queensland and the Northern Territory (NT) rejected support for any proposal regarding national regulation development requiring artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in Australia to pair with new renewable generation to protect the grid and consumers. Ministers from New South Wales (NSW), Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Tasmania, South Australi…