Australia tells AI data centres to put back more power than they take out

The Next Web
By Ana-Maria StanciucJul 15, 2026, 6:03 am94 pts
Anthony Albanese has told the AI industry that Australian books, music, and journalism are not free training data, and that any large data centre built in the country will have to put more electricity into the grid than it draws out. Neither of those things is law yet. The prime minister used a speech at […]…

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