Melbourne’s massive data centre boom forces planners to rewrite the script
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-06-21 13:00 UTC+10:00
Section: National / Victoria
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Australia, Energy
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Snippet:
Victoria’s energy planners are rewriting long-term electricity forecasts to account for an unprecedented boom in energy-hungry data centres as they prepare a new 25-year blueprint for the state electricity grid.
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