Can the government really get ahead of the curve on AI? - podcast
TL;DR
On Wednesday, the Labor government announced environmental and energy safeguards on new datacentres in Australia. Our political editor, Tom McIlroy, speaks to the assistant minister for science, technology and the digital economy, Dr Andrew Charlton, about the government’s push for national standards on datacentres.
Nauti's Take
National datacentre standards are a real opportunity: energy and water use become measurable, and operators get planning certainty instead of a patchwork. The catch is enforcement, because rules without hard targets and audits stay symbolic, and the open question around scraped books is not solved by this regulation.
Operators building in Australia should read the criteria early, while anyone hoping for fast copyright clarity will need patience.
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