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Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’

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Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US

Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace’s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States.

Like the US, Australia is seeing community resentment grow in response to a surge in the construction of massive AI datacentres. However, pro-datacentre officials and executives argue the scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and therefore less damaging than that in the US. They say the burgeoning negative reaction is being tainted and inflamed by a heated US debate that has arrived down under via social media feeds.

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