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Data Centres should pay for clean energy: Poll

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... commissioned by the Climate Council. The YouGov survey of 1624 Australians found 82% support governments requiring new data centres to pay for additional renewable energy generation and storage equivalent to their electricity consumption, as federal ...

Lower battery costs advancing Australia's net-zero goals: CSIRO

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... significant cost reductions, while demand for gas turbines driven by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres in the United States is pushing up the cost of gas-fired generation. Australia's national electricity market generation prices ...

Microsoft emissions jump on data centres buildout

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Microsoft has reported a jump of 25% in its total greenhouse gas emissions in the financial year 2025. The software giant said the rise was primarily driven by the expansion of its data centre infrastructure and pausing the use of renewable energy certificates. ...

EQT acquires Copia Power from Carlyle

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... generation and storage assets in operation or under construction and is actively developing over 9GW of grid-connected data centres supported by Copia, as well as over 25GW of solar and storage and 7GW of natural gas generation assets. EQT said the platform's ...

Clean energy investment landscape 'deteriorated': Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... "It's no wonder less than one in ten investors see Australia meeting its 2030 clean energy target." He also noted data centres can drive the next wave of investment, as an overwhelming 92% of investors believe growing demand will have a positive impact ...

ARENA commits $95m to next-generation solar research

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... energy system, supporting the decarbonisation of industries including green metals, transport, fuel production and data centres. Beyond technological development, the program is expected to support the next generation of clean energy researchers, engineers ...

Is there an ethical way to play AI?

VINNAY CCHODA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... climate modelling, agriculture and healthcare. At the same time, its expansion is driving demand for energy-intensive data centres, increasing pressure on electricity systems, emissions and water use. It is also raising issues around labour displacement ...

Podcast: The next clean energy hotspot

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... energy 02:13 Capital raising outlook 03:09 Nuveen infrastructure strategy 04:43 Geopolitics and energy security 06:47 Data centres and demand surge 08:41 Risk return spectrum explained 09:45 Australian investor appetite 10:54 Nuveen's local pipeline ...

Decarbonisation-focused assets buoy member outcomes: Rest

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation and digitalisation over the long term. This includes solar and battery projects and renewable-energy supported data centres. In April, Quinbrook announced Blackstone-affiliated funds acquired a "significant minority stake" in Rowan Digital ...

Infrastructure enters 'super cycle' as AI and energy demand surges

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... demand for infrastructure in ways many investors still underestimated, particularly through the explosive growth of data centres. Global data centre energy consumption is expected to almost double from 485 terawatt hours in 2025 to around 1000 terawatt ...