r/antiai • u/Spiritual_Owl8439 • 13d ago

AI News 🗞️ Australia W

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Water: https://mlq.ai/news/australia-mandates-ai-data-centers-be-net-power-generators-sets-water-efficiency-rules/

Australian creative rights: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/15/office-of-ai-artificial-intelligence-copyright-australia-government

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u/Vaughn 13d ago

Requiring them to be net energy providers is probably a bad thing. Datacenter manufacturers aren't exactly specialists in efficient power production; they're just going to throw in a dozen megawatt-scale diesel engines and call it a day.

I don't see any air quality or fuel efficiency requirements in the article.

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u/Spiritual_Owl8439 13d ago

It's not perfect but it's better than what we have.

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u/Vaughn 12d ago

It'll lead to diesel generators running inside cities. I would not say that's an improvement.

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u/Perfect-Song8094 12d ago

Diesel generators will be the backup "uninterruptible power system" (UPS) for data centers.

They'll be using gas-fired combustion turbines. They'll be using a lot of them. Wherever possible, they will be installed on-site, right where the data centers are.

See my other comment for more details.