Regions weigh up economic rewards of data centres versus power, water needs | ABC NEWS
As the use of artificial intelligence booms, Queenslanders are confronting the reality of so-called ‘hyperscale’ data centres needed to power the technology.
One region is grappling with how to balance potential economic rewards with regulating the enormous amounts of power and water needed to operate them.
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