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Labor to ban AI data centres in suburban Australia

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 29, 2026 • 09:00 AM
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The government is also changing its plans to allow tech giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic to scrape internet content freely without compensating creators.

Labor to ban AI data centres in suburban Australia

The Albanese government will ban artificial intelligence data centres from being built near homes and recreational facilities amid growing voter backlash over the massive industrial sites cropping up in inner Sydney and Melbourne suburbs.

Labor has also changed plans for a controversial copyright licensing regime that would have allowed tech giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic to scrape internet content freely without compensating creators.

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