{"id":25132,"date":"2026-09-26T22:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/australian-backlash-to-datacentres-is-faux-import-from-us-officials-say-we-are-not-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:37:34","slug":"australian-backlash-to-datacentres-is-faux-import-from-us-officials-say-we-are-not-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/australian-backlash-to-datacentres-is-faux-import-from-us-officials-say-we-are-not-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: \u2018We are not the United States\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia\u2019s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US<\/p>\n<p>Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace\u2019s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Like the US, Australia is seeing community resentment grow in response to a surge in the construction of massive AI datacentres. However, pro-datacentre officials and executives argue the scale of Australia\u2019s buildout is smaller, more regulated and therefore less damaging than that in the US. They say the burgeoning negative reaction is being tainted and inflamed by a heated US debate that has arrived down under via social media feeds.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/sep\/26\/australia-datacentre-backlash\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9c9ec69d76f8fe3ecc5633e32f9280cf5f31c95d\/596_0_5955_4764\/master\/5955.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=01353e0ddc0fc03ae707aafb4d165549\" title=\"Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: \u2018We are not the United States\u2019\" \/>Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia\u2019s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US<br \/>\nAustralian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace\u2019s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States.<br \/>\nLike the US, Australia is seeing community resentment grow in response to a surge in the construction of massive AI datacentres. However, pro-datacentre officials and executives argue the scale of Australia\u2019s buildout is smaller, more regulated and therefore less damaging than that in the US. They say the burgeoning negative reaction is being tainted and inflamed by a heated US debate that has arrived down under via social media feeds. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia\u2019s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace\u2019s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States. Like the US, Australia is seeing community resentment grow in response to a surge in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/australian-backlash-to-datacentres-is-faux-import-from-us-officials-say-we-are-not-the-united-states\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: \u2018We are not the United States\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25133,"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\/25132"}],"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=25132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}