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The Climate Council contends that there are currently about 160 data centres operating in Australia, with another 90 proposed.
Alex Hooper, the head of climate and energy economics at Oxford Economics Australia, says data centres are tipped to account for more than 10% of electricity consumption on Australia’s East Coast by the mid-2030s, which will place additional pressure on power grids.
Already, Australia’s data‑centre boom is now running into hard physical limits in Western Sydney’s electricity grid.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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