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Australian Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has said he will use federal power to force states to fall into line with his plan to require data centres to fully offset their electricity use

www.smh.com.au English

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    ‘We will use all the powers available’: Bowen lays down law to states on data centres
    www.smh.com.au
    Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists the data centre boom and his plans to drive down Australian emissions can co-exist.
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    • sealhaslupus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 days

      sounds good up front but the reality is much worse.

      https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260803-why-data-centre-greenwashing-is-about-to-explode

        • dillekant@slrpnk.net
          1 day

          Yeah as soon as I read “offset” I’m like “oh, it’s creative accounting”.

          • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2 days

            Well it is Labor, so they’re guaranteed to virtue signal progressive ideals while choosing the milquetoast neoliberal options, until all have been exhausted.

              • kingofras@lemmy.world
                2 days

                But friendlyjordies said labor was going to save us!

            • alexquiniou@lemmy.zip
              2 days

              At least ! Someone at work

                • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
                  2 days

                  At most ! Someone at play

                • cheat700000007@lemmy.world
                  2 days

                  I’ve never heard “to” so many times in 1 sentence

                    • silence7@slrpnk.net
                      2 days

                      There are some great sentences out there:

                      A veterinarian prescribed antibiotics Monday for a camel that lives behind an Iberville Parish truck stop after a Florida woman told law officers she bit the 600-pound animal’s genitalia after it sat on her when she and her husband entered its enclosure to retrieve their deaf dog.

                    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
                      2 days

                      Someone’s read the room.

                      I also recommend wrapping datacentre applications heavily in red tape and nipping down the Winchester and waiting for it to all blow over :) This time next year (or the next) the outlook may be very different.

                        • Greyghoster@aussie.zone
                          2 days

                          The winds of change appear to be about to blow a lot of the money loosing companies away. Waiting is probably for the best.

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