WE NEED A MORATORIUM ON AI DATA CENTRES NOW.
The rapid expansion of AI data centres across Australia is putting the big tech bros before our communities and the environment.
AI is the new extractive industry and Australia’s regulations are lagging behind.
That’s why the Greens are calling for a moratorium on these power-hungry AI data centres.
Right now we’re seeing a push across Australia to build huge data mining centres with little community consultation and very little given back to the community - just to line the pockets of the big tech companies and give our data to these AI giants.
Not only are they extracting our intelligence, our knowledge, and our culture, these big AI data centres are going to be extracting huge amounts of water and energy too.
Australia is sleepwalking into an AI catastrophe. We need action now.
If we don’t put the handbrakes on data centre development our communities, energy, and water resources will be at risk.
Just because big tech companies want to move at hyperspeed, doesn’t mean that we need to fast track and roll out the red carpet for them.
We need to take the time to get this right, if we don’t there will be serious consequences for our energy grid, water, environment and climate.