Local councils are calling to freeze AI data centre construction

Local councils are calling for a moratorium on data center approvals, limiting construction and limiting where they can be built, warning that an AI-powered construction boom is sapping water and electricity from housing projects and creating few long-term jobs.

As the federal government sees it Speed ​​up construction of data centers in AustraliaThree councils have briefed a state inquiry on the consequences of an uncoordinated explosion of 88 data centers being built across Sydney and their fears about the scale of future development.