Australia’s backdown on data centres allows them to use energy from coal and gas. Here’s what that means

By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Associate Professor & Global Challenge Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University

It’s official: Australia’s data centre boom will not be solely powered by renewables.

At the National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the federal government softened its stance on using coal and gas to power energy-hungry data centres.

Initially, the government said it would require new data centres to rely on renewables, backed up by batteries and gas.…

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