📰 What Happened
Anthony Albanese will use Wednesday's national cabinet to reassure premiers over new national datacentre controls, promising laws that complement state rules. He plans a major AI law next year covering copyright, security, safety and skills development.
🔍 The Backstory
The energy market operator AEMO forecasts datacentre power use will rise sevenfold over the next decade. The industry's explosive growth, driven by AI, has sparked disputes between the federal government and state governments.
🎯 Why It Matters
Albanese calls it a potential major reform of Labor's second term; climate and energy experts argue the rules must be set right once or the datacentre build risks consuming too much clean power and undermining emissions goals.
Anthony Albanese will use Wednesday's national cabinet to reassure premiers over new national datacentre controls, promising laws that complement state rules. He plans a major AI law next year covering copyright, security, safety and skills development.
The energy market operator AEMO forecasts datacentre power use will rise sevenfold over the next decade. The industry's explosive growth, driven by AI, has sparked disputes between the federal government and state governments.
Albanese calls it a potential major reform of Labor's second term; climate and energy experts argue the rules must be set right once or the datacentre build risks consuming too much clean power and undermining emissions goals.
📰 Source: Guardian AU
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