The Victorian Greens have called for a moratorium on all new large scale data centres in Victoria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes as mega data centre corporation, NEXTDC, bought $165 million worth of land previously earmarked for thousands of new homes on the outskirts of Geelong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are currently eight large-scale data centres operating in Victoria but the state is expected to see at least twenty-one operating by 2035. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens have raised the alarm that impacted communities are not being meaningfully consulted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI data centres have a huge environmental footprint. They use massive amounts of water and energy and impact biodiversity. They will keep Victoria hooked on coal and gas for longer and even require new gas turbines on site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens are concerned that power hungry AI data centres are being built in communities, filling neighbourhoods with more trucks, air pollution, constant noise, and raising serious concerns about access to drinking water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens say unregulated AI is leading to workers losing jobs, creators having their work stolen, and personal data being harvested by big corporations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens have also raised concerns that these mega AI data centres are being used by massive tech companies, some of whom use their technologies for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons of war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens are supporting a community led Town Hall Meeting on Thursday 26 June, to stop the Plumpton AI data centre planned for Melbourne\u2019s West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens Candidate for Western Metropolitan, Brittney Henderson:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re watching communities that will be most impacted by these AI data centres, learn about these projects in real time. People in the West are scared and angry, and they should be. The air we breathe, the food we grow, and water we rely on as a drought prone country is at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor uses the West as its dumping ground. We will not be taken for granted. We\u2019re talking to people on the ground, we\u2019re making sure the community is armed with the information and confidence to fight these massive AI data centres. If Labor won\u2019t represent us, it\u2019s time to move aside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Greens are calling for a halt on all new AI data centres until communities are meaningfully consulted and there is a plan to prevent harm to the environment, cultural heritage, and our climate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJacinta Allan\u2019s Labor Government has rolled out the red carpet for hyperscale AI data centre corporations with no regard for the impact on local communities, cultural heritage, renewable energy targets and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Victorian Greens have called for a moratorium on all new large scale data centres in Victoria. It comes as mega data centre corporation, NEXTDC, bought $165 million worth of land previously earmarked for thousands of new homes on the outskirts of Geelong. There are currently eight large-scale data centres operating in Victoria but the … Continue reading “Victorian Greens call for a moratorium on all new large scale data centres”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39645,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39644\/revisions\/39645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Greens MP for Western Victoria, Sarah Mansfield:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n