Chris Bowen
Energy
Canberra rules out data centre carve-outs from renewable rules
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has ruled out exemptions for any state or territory from the federal government's renewable energy rules for data centres, rejecting overtures from Queensland and the Northern Territory to use existing fossil-fuel assets to attract AI infrastructure
Energy
Bowen asks energy rule-maker to force data centres onto renewables
Chris Bowen has formally asked the Australian Energy Market Commission to rewrite the National Electricity Rules so new data centres bring their own renewable supply. Queensland refused to endorse the framework, and the NT is weighing a gas-fed campus.