Greenpeace report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia's renewable energy transition
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Summary
A new report from Greenpeace Australia Pacific and independent expert Ketan Joshi reveals that the rapid rollout of AI data centres in Australia threatens to derail the renewable energy transition, entrench gas dependence, and increase climate pollution. The report, titled 'Energy Vampires: the AI data centres draining Australia', highlights the staggering scale of data centre growth following a US trajectory of emissions blowout. Greenpeace is calling for an urgent moratorium on data centre approvals until proper environmental guardrails are established.
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Energy Vampires: the AI data centres draining Australia
Calls for an urgent moratorium on data centre approvals until appropriate guardrails are in place
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