Sam Altman · BBC Technology
One of the proposed centres from the cluster is 16m from the nearest home and 160m from a local primary
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In addition, Flood says if the four data centres get approved in the industrial park, 50% of the current businesses will have to move - taking their jobs with them.
Key facts
- Without significant new renewable generation and storage, data centres could push power prices 26% higher in New South Wales (NSW) by 2035, according to the Climate Council, an independent non-profit
- Sydney Water, Australia's largest water utility, says data centres could use up to 25% of Sydney's drinking water by 2035
- And then she'll remember that the noise is a data centre 350m (0.2 miles) from her front door in the desirable suburb of Lane Cove, in Sydney's lower north-shore
- One of the proposed centres from the cluster is 16m from the nearest home and 160m from a local primary school
Summary
The sheer size and noise of data centres are what people tend to notice first. When Lucy* puts her child to bed, she hears a constant humming. And then she'll remember that the noise is a data centre 350m (0.2 miles) from her front door in the desirable suburb of Lane Cove, in Sydney's lower north-shore. Australia has quickly become a global destination for data centres, with investors attracted to the country's abundance of clean energy, natural gas reserves, and land to power and house their technologies. Earlier this year, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman said Australia could become a data centre capital of the world, if it wanted to.