FireTofu
Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’

World · en

Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’

The Guardian · Sep 26, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC

Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace’s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States.…