{"id":21055,"date":"2025-12-02T18:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/datacentres-demand-huge-amounts-of-electricity-could-they-derail-australias-net-zero-ambitions\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T18:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:37:46","slug":"datacentres-demand-huge-amounts-of-electricity-could-they-derail-australias-net-zero-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/datacentres-demand-huge-amounts-of-electricity-could-they-derail-australias-net-zero-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia\u2019s net zero ambitions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banks of servers operating 24\/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/mar\/10\/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton\u2019s free Clear Air newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Datacentre power demand in Australia could triple in five years and is forecast to exceed by 2030 the energy used by electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Datacentres now draw about 2% of electricity from the National Grid, about 4 terawatt hours of power. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemo.com.au\/-\/media\/files\/electricity\/nem\/planning_and_forecasting\/nem_esoo\/2025\/2025-electricity-statement-of-opportunities.pdf?rev=8746cf0303364c34a31b7c740b6cb275&amp;sc_lang=en\">Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo) expects<\/a> that share to rise rapidly \u2013 growing 25% year-on-year \u2013 to reach 12TWh, or 6% of grid demand, by 2030, and 12% by 2050.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/dec\/03\/datacentres-demand-huge-amounts-of-electricity-could-they-derail-australias-net-zero-ambitions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ba3cb163cdc43f2586416c50ca4ace59891a198f\/0_0_2953_2362\/master\/2953.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d1e04ed8ae73ac4b5f5976770b094bf3\" title=\"Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia\u2019s net zero ambitions?\" \/>Banks of servers operating 24\/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them<br \/>\nSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton\u2019s free Clear Air newsletter here<br \/>\nDatacentre power demand in Australia could triple in five years and is forecast to exceed by 2030 the energy used by electric vehicles.<br \/>\nDatacentres now draw about 2% of electricity from the National Grid, about 4 terawatt hours of power. The Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo) expects that share to rise rapidly \u2013 growing 25% year-on-year \u2013 to reach 12TWh, or 6% of grid demand, by 2030, and 12% by 2050. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banks of servers operating 24\/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton\u2019s free Clear Air newsletter here Datacentre power demand in Australia could triple in five years and is forecast to exceed by 2030 the energy used by electric vehicles. Datacentres &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/datacentres-demand-huge-amounts-of-electricity-could-they-derail-australias-net-zero-ambitions\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. 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