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Cable Guy: Mali’s Plan to Take Bite of AI Boom Without Raising Power Bills

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Premier Peter Malinauskas is unveiling a data centre strategy targeting $6.8bn in investment and bringing hundreds of jobs at regional renewable energy zones to fuel the AI revolution.

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South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has launched a $6.8 billion data centre strategy designed to position the state as a hub for AI infrastructure by leveraging regional renewable energy zones. The plan aims to fuel advancements in AI compute capabilities while ensuring localized energy demands from these massive facilities do not inflate domestic electricity costs. While the strategy focuses on economic development and job creation, it highlights the growing global race to build the hardware infrastructure required for frontier AI systems. This infrastructure expansion is a foundational component of the physical footprint that enables the training and deployment of increasingly powerful and potentially risky AI models.

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