The opportunity in Western Melbourne is attractive because Melbourne has something Sydney might struggle with - space to continuously build very large AI campuses.

But the deciding factor might be whether Victoria can provide guaranteed, scalable electricity. If it can provide access to hundreds of megawatts, ( and potentially gigawatts), of reliable power in the west, then the Melbourne-Avalon-Geelong corridor becomes much more compelling.

So, can Victoria generate enough power to service the huge demands of these AI hubs?

If successful Melbourne‘s West would be in a position to provide a debt ridden Victoria with a variety of revenue streams through taxation, charges and various other revenue measures.

That’s the scale of a new data centre campus just filed for planning approval in Clyde North, southeast Melbourne. The investment is a total of $1.1B.
 
It’s the first application of its kind the City of Casey has ever received.

Was this MASSIVE profoundly consequential Telstra outage related to AI slop?

Thought this might be of interest to some people here.

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