Australia will establish a central government AI office to coordinate regulation across federal and state agencies, and will impose new limits on data centres' water consumption to address environmental concerns, the government announced. The AI office, set to begin operations in 2026, aims to streamline oversight of artificial intelligence development while the water-use restrictions target the growing resource demands of the country's expanding data centre industry.
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-establish-government-ai-office-coordinate-regulation-2026-07-14/
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