Bio

Ashleigh Barraclough is a multi-platform reporter for ABC News based in Launceston, Tasmania. She has extensive experience as a digital journalist within ABC's Melbourne and Asia Pacific newsrooms. Her reporting covers a diverse range of topics, including artificial intelligence and housing policy.

Articles (14)

• Tasmanians Expressed Doubts About AI Firm Firmus, Now So Have Investors

  ABC News • 11 Oct 2026

• It May Be Second in Size Only to Telstra: AI Firm Prepares for ASX Listing

  ABC News • 16 Sept 2026

• Six new AI data centres proposed for Tasmania, but who by is being kept secret

  ABC News • 9 Sept 2026

• Hydro Tasmania Assesses State's Biggest-Ever Power Request

  ABC News • 4 Sept 2026

• Plans to Cool AI Data Centre Using Trucked-in Water and Rainwater

  ABC News • 27 Aug 2026

• AI Data Centre Proposal Approved by Tasmanian Council

  ABC News • 25 Aug 2026

• Firmus AI Data Centre Gets Tick from Planners Ahead of Council Vote

  ABC News • 21 Aug 2026

• Neil the Seal Merch Site Taken Down After Questions About Donation Claim

  ABC News • 4 Aug 2026

• AI company plan to tap into irrigation system disappears after ABC question

  ABC News • 22 July 2026

• Is Tasmania Ready for the AI Data Centre Boom?

  ABC News • 3 July 2026

• Facing Public Backlash, Firmus Moves to Calm Concerns About Its AI Factories

  ABC News • 2 July 2026

• AI Company Set to Become Tasmania's Biggest Power User

  ABC News • 15 June 2026

• Tasmania Enters the 'AI Race' with Firmus Technologies Factory in North of State

  ABC News • 1 July 2025

• Should Tassie Embrace AI Factories?

  ABC News • 30 July 2024