The energy market operator and electricity suppliers are scrambling to factor the explosive growth of data centres into demand projections as a boom in artificial intelligence spikes the need for computing power.
Data centre developers have flooded Endeavour Energy, the poles and wires company serving Sydney’s sprawling western suburbs, with requests for connections that would more than triple demand for power in the area.
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