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Rural suburb flagged as home for proposed $40b 'hyperscale' data centre

Source: abc.net.au Published Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:36:33 +0000

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Key context: A proposed massive new data centre would require more than six times the total demand of the Darwin and Katherine electricity grids to operate and be powered by gas piped direct from the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. This development from abc.net.au highlights ongoing changes in the sector.

A proposed massive new data centre would require more than six times the total demand of the Darwin and Katherine electricity grids to operate and be powered by gas piped direct from the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

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