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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor Technology reporter

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Developer withdraws plans for perth datacentre after fierce community opposition | History Defined

A river in bushland
The Helena River, near the site of the proposed datacentre in Hazelmere that will no longer go ahead. Photograph: Trillion Trees

A 15,000 sq metre datacentre near Perth will no longer go ahead after the developer withdrew plans amid community opposition over its impact on culturally significant sites.

The three-storey, 120-megawatt GreenSquare datacentre in the town of Hazelmere had been intended to power cloud computing and the acceleration of artificial intelligence, but faced fierce community backlash – as is increasingly common with such developments.

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