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Under a cloud: the growing resentment against the massive datacentres sprouting across Australian cities

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Under a cloud: the growing resentment against the massive datacentres sprouting across Australian cities
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Residents say AI factories with unknown environmental impacts are being rushed into development as proponents argue Australia must ride the data boom or be left behindFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen West Footscray resident Sean Brown takes his 19-month-old boy to the park, their walk passes an imposing new building cheerily spruiked as “Australia’s largest hyperscale AI factory”, a datacentre called M3.He hates

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