data centres

Australia's energy minister has asked the AEMC to make data centres contract firmed energy & to ease connection alongside solar & storage.

Data centres could add AU$40 billion (US$28 billion) to wholesale electricity costs in Australia's eastern states.

Australia ranks second to the US for data centre investment, driving demand for solar power and battery storage.

New South Wales (NSW) has released a Data Centre Policy Framework that ties streamlined planning approval for new data centres to commitments on renewable energy, water use and cost recovery, becoming the first state to translate Australia's national data centre policy direction into detailed operating rules.

Australia's AEMC sets a renewable energy framework for data centres as NSW introduces REZ-style legislation to control grid access and costs.

Australian states can impose stricter renewables rules on data centres than the national minimum, but cannot weaken the federal floor.

Queensland and Northern Territory have refused to back a national framework requiring large data centres to underwrite new renewable energy.

Australia will move to ensure large-scale data centres are required to put at least as much green energy into the grid as they draw from it.

Clean energy investor confidence in Australia has deteriorated sharply over the past year, according to the Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG).

Firmus Technologies has signed a 12-year wholesale energy supply agreement with Gunvor Group, including 1.2GW of renewables by 2032.