Australia's new data centres must be majority renewable powered: Energy Minister, Chris Bowen

Queensland and the Northern Territory are not onboard with the federal government’s plan to force data centres to generate renewable energy.

The NT government has rejected a federal plan to mandate the use of renewables for new large-scale data centres, but the Commonwealth says it will block proposals that rely on gas.

Australia's energy minister declared gas-only data centres will fail national standards. New Canberra policies mandate data centres build renewable power sources. Northern Territory's plans for gas-powered data centres face federal opposition. This policy casts doubt on…