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Legislation is needed to ensure we have data on AI's environmental impact

Legislation is needed to ensure we have data on AI's environmental impact

The government wants AI data centres to minimise water use and maximise energy efficiency, but those rules will mean little without public,...

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Pearls and Irritations

Michael Vardon

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Don’t panic about AI data centres and water – it’s energy we should worry about

03.06.2026 30

The Conversation

Michael Vardon

We’re still not measuring our reliance on nature as we rush to boost productivity

A healthy economy relies on healthy natural systems. But at the economic roundtable, this fact was all but absent.

26.08.2025 10

The Conversation

Michael Vardon