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Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy

Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocket Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland and the Northern Territory have rejected the federal government’s plans to mandate that AI datacentres use renewable power, rubbishing Anthony Albanese’s proposals to regulate the booming technology as “underdeveloped ideas that hand increased power to Canberra”. The latest federal-s

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Published: 29 July 2026
Source: The Guardian
Category: News
Topics: Regulation · Jobs & economy · Environment
Retrieved: 29 July 2026

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ethics.ai (29 July 2026), “Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy,” evidence record 14118, https://ethics.ai/record/14118 (originally published by The Guardian).

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