{"slug": "datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-for", "title": "Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory", "summary": "Victorian jobs minister Melissa Horne accused NextDC, one of Australia's largest datacentre companies, of using artificial intelligence in correspondence that asked her to lobby a colleague to approve a \"hyperscale AI factory\" expansion, according to The Guardian. The correspondence between Horne and NextDC chief executive Craig Scroggie allegedly contains AI-created errors and reveals increasing sensitivity to community concerns about datacentres ahead of the state election.", "body_md": "# Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory\n\nBy Henry BelotSource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\n**Exclusive:** Correspondence requests state MP Melissa Horne to lobby on NextDC’s behalf – but contains alleged AI-created errors\n\n- Get our [breaking news email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl) ,[free app](https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3) or[daily news podcast](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl)\n\nThe Victorian jobs minister has accused one of Australia’s largest datacentre companies of using [artificial intelligence](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/artificial-intelligence) while requesting she lobby her colleague to approve a massive expansion of its “hyperscale AI factory”.\n\nCorrespondence between Victorian cabinet minister Melissa Horne and the chief executive of ASX-listed company NextDC, Craig Scroggie, reveals increasing sensitivity to community concerns about datacentres before the state election.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/16/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-support-for-hyperscale-factory)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-for", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-vict-huua", "published_at": "2026-09-15 15:00:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 16:48:30.021413+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["NextDC", "Melissa Horne", "Craig Scroggie", "Victoria", "The Guardian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-for", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-for.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-for.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-for.jsonld"}}