# Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-vict-huua>
> Published: 2026-09-15 15:00:54+00:00

# Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory

By Henry BelotSource: 

[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)
**Exclusive:** Correspondence requests state MP Melissa Horne to lobby on NextDC’s behalf – but contains alleged AI-created errors

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The 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”.

Correspondence 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.

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