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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		The energy vampires next door: Life next to an AI mega-factory
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:14:54
	Publish Date:		2026-03-03 18:00:00
	Description:		If leading figures of the AI boom, like OpenAI chief Sam Altman, have their way, much of the world (or better yet, space) will be covered in data centres. But what about the havoc their construction is wreaking on our neighbourhoods? Today, investigative reporter Clay Lucas, on the Australians living next door to these loud, energy-sucking centres that some say are a threat to our environment. And whether our state governments are letting a rapidly evolving, resource-intensive industry expand largely unchecked. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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