Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’
TL;DR
Residents of Dalby may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The premier sees ‘opportunity’ for the state – but others fear AI’s global creep From the veranda on his bush block, Denver Kanowski has watched resources companies come and go from rural Queensland for 70 years. The home cost him $800, and lets him live how he likes, in nature. It’s also in the middle of a gasfield, not far from the Linc Energy contamination site, down the road from a coalmine and three gas power plants.
Nauti's Take
Small AI teams should treat this as a control question: before choosing a provider, check the site, energy source, water use and permitting risks, especially for sensitive data or long-term contracts. For this project, the first verification step is identifying the real backers, confirming the promised infrastructure and testing whether the US$31 billion financing claim is credible.
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