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Australian outback data centre pulls timeline after regulator stalls

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Australian outback data centre pulls timeline after regulator stalls

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Startup Energy North, which says it has finance lined up for a sprawling gas and solar-powered data centre on a cattle ranch in the country's remote north, 683 km (424 miles) from the nearest city, had given a "first power" date of June 28, 2028, in regulatory filings four months ago.

The developer of one of Australia's biggest planned data centres scrapped its target start date after a regulator said it needed longer than usual to set environmental parameters, a setback to the country's ambitions to be a fast-track destination for AI investment. Startup Energy North, which says it has finance lined up for a sprawling gas and solar-powered data centre on a cattle ranch in the country's remote north, 683 km (424 miles) from the nearest city, had given a "first power" date of June 28, 2028, in regulatory filings four months ago. But after the Northern Territory environment regulator said in an October 7 ruling it was suspending its seven-week deadline to decide what hurdles the project must clear, the developer told Reuters it had scrubbed its timeline.

"The June 2028 date in our referral was an indicative schedule at the time of lodgement, and we're no longer working to it," said Energy North vice president of project development Daniel Hunter in an email. The project is the biggest in Australia to put back its timing and shows how data centre ambitions face hurdles even in the isolated north, which has sought to differentiate itself from cities in the contest for the $7 trillion McKinsey forecasts will be invested in "AI factories" globally by 2030.


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