"For every $100 in hyperscale data centre investment, Australia’s direct take as it stands currently is painfully thin. The way it shakes out, we get $10 to $15 retained, modest tax income and a handful of jobs"

www.smh.com.au/technology/for-every-100-in-data-centres-80-leaves-australia-almost-immediately-20260331-p5zkb5.html

April 10, 2026 - 21:45 UTC

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And a water and energy hit that we don’t need
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Which is immediately destroyed because of the deskilling of our workforce that using these tools creates.

Effectively paying to outsource our cognitive abilities to large US tech grifts is terrible public policy.
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