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South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has defended national cabinet’s decision to drop strict mandates requiring new AI data centres to be powered entirely by renewable energy.
After a meeting of national cabinet, prime minister Anthony Albanese flagged exemptions for jurisdictions including Queensland and the Northern Territory.
That’s where the very large scale of energy is able to be procured at relatively quick speed… we can get renewables online sooner rather than later…
What you saw today was a nationally consistent position, that gas will have a role to play when it comes to the firming of renewables, which has always been South Australia’s view.
We cannot have datacentres connecting to the grid without bringing their own new generation. Water is also clearly a consideration, but, frankly, energy is the main game. And that is accepted by all states and territories.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/27/australia-news-live-ai-datacentres-national-cabinet-renewable-energy-icac-perrottet-alan-jones-bruce-lehrmann-qantas-sydney-melbourne-nepal-floods-ntwnfb
Author : Martin Farrer
Publish date : 2026-08-26 20:47:00
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