Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use Wednesday's national cabinet meeting to reassure premiers that new national controls on datacentre developments will complement state rules, amid op…
Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced the Albanese government will legislate to force new AI datacentres to run on renewable energy, overriding opposition from Queensland and the Northern Terr…
Queensland and the Northern Territory have rejected a federal Labor push to mandate renewable energy for AI datacentres, deepening a state-federal rift as S&P Global warns datacentre power consumption…
Australia's federal government proposed mandatory national standards on July 15 requiring large new data centres to underwrite new power supply, pay connection costs, reduce load when needed, and limi…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed national environmental and energy controls for the country’s A$150 billion data centre pipeline hit their first obstacle on Tuesday when Queenslan…
Australia's data centre operators warn that the federal government's proposed AI power rules are unworkable because renewable energy and transmission projects cannot be delivered quickly enough, creat…
Krista Campbell received an AUD$1,251 (about US$820) fine in Queensland, Australia, after an AI-assisted mobile phone detection camera captured her phone resting face-down on her lap while driving, ev…
Australia will force data centres to minimise water use and fund their own power supply under mandatory national rules, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Wednesday, while also rejecting any co…