Aussie AI Industry Demands Subsidies for Unspecified Reasons
15 hours ago Eric Worrall
Essay by Eric Worrall
… The tech industry has been pushing the government to … subsidise AI processing power through multi-billion dollar deals …
Tech giants pitch data centres as climate saviours – not threats
Ryan Cropp and Amelia McGuire
Sep 25, 2025 – 6.53pm
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The substantial future energy demands of Australia’s nascent data centre industry were cited by the Climate Change Authority last week as a key “delivery risk” informing the lower end of its recommendation that the government target a 62 to 70 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2035.
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Push to subsidise AI processing power
The tech industry has been pushing the government to follow the lead of the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Norway and others and subsidise AI processing power through multi-billion dollar deals with players including Nvidia and generative AI juggernaut OpenAI.
Assistant Science Minister Andrew Charlton said on Wednesday the government was in the process of developing an AI and data centre strategy.
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In February last year, US data centre giant Equinix signed an offtake agreement with the operator of the $3 billion Golden Plains Wind Farm in Victoria to ensure its power requirements were fully offset by renewable energy.
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