Unions and green groups want data centres to meet their enormous power needs by building more renewable energy capacity.
Providing mandatory apprentice training to prevent a workforce drain and responsibly using water supplies also feature in the eight-point plan endorsed by the Electrical Trade Union, the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Clean Energy Council and other groups.
Their requests have been put to the federal government ahead of data centre development guidelines on energy, water and other matters that are anticipated to be released within weeks.
Australia has become a preferred destination to host the AI boom but questions have been levelled at the sizeable energy and water usage needed for the computing power.
