$3.1m per job: does the employment case for data centres stack up?
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-04-15 05:00 UTC+10:00
Section: Technology
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Australia, Technology & AI, Energy, Labour & Workers, Asia Pacific, Technology
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As tech giants and local data centres operators race to transform Australia into an Asia-Pacific hub for artificial intelligence, they are demanding access to the nation’s energy grid, water supply and prime land, backed in part by a big number: 935,000.
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