Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’
By Dan Jervis-Bardy and Tom McIlroy
Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say
#Datacentres #AIartificialintelligence #Australianpolitics #Australianews #DavidPocock #DanJervisBardy #TomMcIlroy
'Hyperscale' data centre planned for remote NT
By Sam Parry
The proposed 19,150-hectare 'Project Ares' would be built by Energy North on Murranji Station in the Barkly Region, as up to 12 proponents eye the NT for data centres.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/data-centre-panned-outback-nt/106862398
#DataCentres #SolarEnergy #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #SamParry
Unacceptable that we are being asked to use less water to live safe natural lives while the war-tech moguls are given carte blanche to drain the planet dry and destroy it, like they are doing in the #MiddleEast🤬
Say NO to #ArtificialIntelligence and #DataCentres
Say NO to war.
AI giants on the nose: Why those stellar super earnings are under threat
By Ian Verrender
Overshadowing the tumult that is global politics has been a financial boom beyond almost anything witnessed before, focused entirely on the perceived benefits wrought by a brave new world of AI that threatens to up-end our lives.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-30/ai-boom-big-tech-investment-drain-market-volatility/106857426
Hey @JEmphatically check this out in Utah:
"Do I think that the data center vote cost me the election? Yes I do,"
a different politician:
‘You'll pay higher energy prices, but either you'll lose your job or your 401k will collapse’ isn't a deal most voters are eager to take,” Cassino added.
https://www.newsweek.com/cost-me-the-election-data-centers-trigger-voter-backlash-12118327
#WonderValley #Utah #USPol #DataCenters #DataCentres #AI #politics
"‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering"
“Europe heatwave shows need to reject climate denial ‘lies’, says EU green chief’
Teresa Ribera blames ‘ideologically driven’ falsehoods, driven by those with vested interests in fossil fuels, for attacks on green policy“
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateAction #globalwarming #weather #heat #bigoil #oil #fossilfuel #renewableenergy #energy #datacentres #datacenter #datacenters #datacentre #water #environment #pollution #eu #europe #usa #us #uk #politics
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