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GW data centre for Mamre Rd? (stories.theconversation.com)

submitted 1 week ago by bpalmerau@aussie.zone to c/austech@aussie.zone

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Wondering what will become of the schools, college, retirement village across the road. They're already surrounded by industry. The article doesn't mention noise and vibration, which is the main complaint, apart from electricity costs, from neighbours of data centres in the US.

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[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

“The way I see AI, this is the biggest single biggest gold rush in human history. It’s going to generate so much wealth for everyone,” AirTrunk’s founder Robin Khuda told Forbes last year.

Oh, cool! Sounds like a great idea th-

But major AI companies are losing billions of dollars each year and there are already examples of newly-built, mega data centres sitting idle because of energy supply constraints.

Well, at least it will only effect people with monetary investment in-

It’s also not clear how domestic power bills will be affected, though some data centres in the US have pushed prices 267% higher for local residents.