{"id":24098,"date":"2026-07-26T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-six-times-bigger-than-a-large-shopping-centre\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:37:17","slug":"mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-six-times-bigger-than-a-large-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-six-times-bigger-than-a-large-shopping-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boom<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/blog\/live\/2026\/jul\/26\/australia-news-live-politics-pauline-hanson-ed-husic-anthony-albanese-labor-party-conference-bird-flu-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was a \u201cfriendly introduction from the team behind the Victorian AI hub\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am knocking on doors to explain what we have in mind and, most importantly, to listen,\u201d the letter from Syncline Energy stated.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/jul\/26\/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-almost-six-times-the-size-of-chadstone-shopping-centre\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d843d84984b24c0e5325c0ec289ba1112d2b3126\/585_0_2915_2333\/master\/2915.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3e900641361d02cb903b0e4ab0308023\" title=\"Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre\" \/>More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boom<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>For some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was a \u201cfriendly introduction from the team behind the Victorian AI hub\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cI am knocking on doors to explain what we have in mind and, most importantly, to listen,\u201d the letter from Syncline Energy stated. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boom Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast For some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-six-times-bigger-than-a-large-shopping-centre\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24098"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}