The Aporia
8 articles about 8 events for “Queensland Data Centre Plans”.
“As proposed, that would put Anthropic’s own Australian data centre plans under the rules it saw in draft.”
“The Queensland government confirmed it will be taking over from local governments as the "responsible assessor and coordinator" of data centre applications in a yet to be released planning framework.”
“Then, one day in April 2025, he received a glossy flyer from a company called Goodman, announcing plans to build a new data centre, Project Mars, in the nearby business park in Lane Cove West.”
“The Queensland government will take the planning and assessment of data centre applications away from local councils under a system set to be rolled out in coming weeks.”
“It has signed a lease for the first stage of a $32 billion data centre at the Western Downs Digital Park near Dalby in Queensland.”
“The federal government had previously flagged plans to require all new datacentres to be powered by renewable energy rather than coal and gas but was forced to back down on the mandate after opposition from the Queensland and Northern Territory leaders.”
“Artificial intelligence behemoth Anthropic has signed a long-term lease to run its Claude AI system out of the yet-to-be-built data centre in Queensland's Western Downs.”
“Anthropic, one of the world's biggest AI companies, and which this week signed a deal with the Queensland government to use part of a proposed $32 billion data centre in the state, welcomed the paper.”