Data centres are coming for what’s left of Australia’s green export superpower dream
The rush to power data centres with semi-abandoned renewable energy projects will lead to worse decarbonisation outcomes for Australia.
#datacentre
#SoftBank will acquire #datacentre investment firm #DigitalBridge for $4 billion to strengthen its #AIinfrastructure. The deal, approved by DigitalBridge’s board, will see SoftBank acquire all outstanding common stock for $16 per share, a 15% premium. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/29/digitalbridge-shares-jump-on-report-softbank-in-talks-to-acquire-firm.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
The #UK’s #AI Opportunities Action Plan, announced a year ago, aimed to make the country an “AI superpower” through rapid #datacentre buildout. However, challenges like limited #gridcapacity and high #energycosts are hindering progress, with critics warning of potential delays in the #AIrace. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/27/has-the-uks-ai-infrastructure-buildout-been-a-success.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Also, in #europe where the government doesn't actively destroy environmental controls, the #datacentre footprint is ~50% less, because of regulations
The emerging #Beetaloo Compute Zone within the Northern Territory will experience data centre development and investment. https://www.inligonetworks.com/the-emerging-beetaloo-ai-compute-zone-within-the-northern-territory/ #Darwin #DataCentre
SunCable and Google get closer to realising NT data centre reality http://dlvr.it/TPzkNS #Australia #BreakingNews #DataCentre #Google
#Alphabet will acquire #Intersect, a #datacentre and #energyinfrastructure company, for $4.75 billion in cash. The acquisition will help Alphabet expand data centre capacity and reimagine energy solutions to drive innovation. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/22/alphabet-to-acquire-intersect.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
The Data Center Water Crisis Isn’t Real
https://alecmuffett.com/article/136738
#AndyMasley #DataCentre #water
The Data Center Water Crisis I...
The Data Center Water Crisis Isn’t Real
https://alecmuffett.com/article/136738
#AndyMasley #DataCentre #water
#Datacentre #dealmaking reached a record high of $61 billion in 2025, driven by the need for #infrastructure to support energy-intensive #AI workloads. Despite concerns about inflated #AIvaluations and financing, analysts remain optimistic about the sector’s growth, particularly in the US and Middle East. Debt issuance nearly doubled to $182 billion. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/data-center-deals-hit-record-amid-ai-funding-concerns-grip-investors.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
This seems pretty convincing. Hadn't seen this anywhere else. Thoughts?
The Data Center Water Crisis Isn’t Real
For many people, AI (which is scary and bad) using water (which we need to live) is deeply “offensive,” Andy said — especially when they don’t realize that digital goods (like the internet) have long had a physical (and water) cost, Andy said.
But people who care about the environment — Andy himself identifies as an environmentalist — should also care about precision, because hyperbolic reporting can mislead activists about where the problems actually are and fuel nonsensical climate policies.
https://www.piratewires.com/p/andy-masley-ai-water-crisis-isnt-real
#andyMasley #dataCentre #water
Data centres use a lot of electricity. Let them at least build their own wind turbines and force them to be as efficient as possible, by not allowing them to use more than they produce! #electricity #datacentre #datacenter #amazon #google #meta #energy #environment #climate #anarchism #activism
"There are many different understandings of what a #communityowned #datacentre is. In terms of governance, ownership and customer in- or exclusion." - @Rainer_Rehak@mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org researcher at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
🔵🟢What else does a community-owned #datacentre entail? We put the question to Rainer Rehak and Dr André Ullrich, research associates at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
A Future Vision of Data Centre...
A new report by carbon-removal specialist Arbonics analyses the level to which tech giants are integrating nature restoration into their #datacentre strategies, with Microsoft ranking highest. 💻
“2022, a 4,600 kilometre long, 60 terabits per second, high-capacity backhaul sole submarine cable connection between Australia and Christmas Island was implemented to replace the existing satellite based 2G mobile network with 4GX technology with enhanced mobile and data services on Christmas Island… 2025, #Google is planning sub sea cables to the Island, with an #AI #DataCentre, potentially for military use”
Data centre là nền tảng cho hoạt động kinh doanh và dịch vụ đám mây. Kiểm thử và xác thực hệ thống điện giúp đảm bảo độ tin cậy, an toàn và hiệu suất. Bao gồm kiểm tra nguồn điện, máy phát, UPS, PDU, tiếp đất, kiểm thử tích hợp (IST), và tải giả. Tuân thủ tiêu chuẩn Uptime Institute, TIA-942, IEEE, IEC, NFPA. Lợi ích: giảm rủi ro, tăng hiệu quả năng lượng, đảm bảo dự phòng và thời gian hoạt động tối đa. #DataCentre #PowerValidation #Testing #Uptime #DataCenterVietnam #KiểmThửĐiện #HệThốngDựPhòng
#Datacentre construction, competing for #labour with #infrastructureprojects, could delay improvements to #roads and #bridges. https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/13/ai-data-center-boom-could-be-bad-news-for-other-infrastructure-projects/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Getting organised works better to stop them. At least 16 were stopped or put off worth $64 billion, and Canada told a crypto wanker "no electricity for you"
No soup for you!
It works, stop them, block them, tax them.
Call neighbours about water, about taxes ruined, make meetings and lists, city councillors, state reps, letters and emails.
Say NO. LOUDLY. Always.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers
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