Australian Data Centres
Power & Water Summit

"…the big AI companies, having mopped up all the excess power in the United States, are scrambling to set up in other markets. They love the idea of coming to Australia and say it is a now-or-never opportunity."

"Greg Goodman has acknowledged major data centre players including Goodman Group, the country’s biggest property player, will need to help fund the huge energy and water demands being generated by the boom in digital infrastructure"

"Data centres want in on western Sydney. There’s not enough power"

“Power firms warn data centre rush creates ‘material risk’ to national grid”

“AEMO warns data centre power demand smashing expectations”

“The Albanese government will move to curb the data centre gold rush from cannibalising the energy transition with a new national interest framework that expects artificial intelligence giants to fund their own renewable power in exchange for fast-tracked regulatory approvals.”

"Australia’s data-centre sector faces stricter and potentially more expensive electricity grid connections under proposed rule changes aimed at preventing blackouts due to the power demand from artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
The Australian Energy Market Commission has proposed new technical standards that would require large data centres to stay connected during disturbances on the electricity grid and respond to instability, reflecting concerns the facilities behave more like power generators than traditional energy users."

"Australia’s ambitions to cash in on the global boom in data centres will live or die on two factors above all others: access to energy and water."

"…the big AI companies, having mopped up all the excess power in the United States, are scrambling to set up in other markets. They love the idea of coming to Australia and say it is a now-or-never opportunity."