Australia’s new data centres must be majority renewable powered: Energy Minister, Chris Bowen
Australia’s energy minister Chris Bowen said on Wednesday that plans by the Northern Territory to use its large-scale shale gas resources to power data centres would run counter to proposed national standards, casting doubt over the Territory’s ambition to attract multi-billion dollar tech investments.
Recent proposed policy from Canberra has mandated data centres must build new renewable sources of power rather than pulling electricity from the grid. Both Queensland and the Northern Territory have backed gas-fired power for data centres.
