A proposed 800-megawatt data centre for South Australia is set to be one of the largest in the Asia Pacific.
Locals say the $10 billion development has "come out of the blue", holding concerns it will deplete water from the River Murray.
Australian tech company IREN has signed a local transmission connection agreement and hopes to be online by 2028.
4 Comments
shirro@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 71d
The AI scam is going to crash long before this is built. And the global economy with it. The half completed mess will be sheltering the homeless. Anyone pushing this just labelled themselves a moron or scam artist. Not a reason to abandon local resistance. It sends a powerful message.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 70d
then there’s no problem right?
shirro@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 70d
It depends who is going to be left footing the bill.
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 71d
I thought that was a bit further north but that’s still pretty dry climate.
Yeah, thought SA pollies pulled the technology and innovation bullshit.
We need a big diatomaceous earth dust storm to hit it, right in the intakes.