Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre

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For some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was a “friendly introduction from the team behind the Victorian AI hub”. “I am knocking on doors to explain what we have in mind and, most importantly, to listen,” the letter from Syncline Energy stated. “Construction won’t start for at least two-years while we complete the planning and environmental approvals.” For others, news of the project had already spread, through social media and news reports which sounded the alarm before the company had begun its communication efforts. The site for what has been dubbed a mega datacentre in Plumpton, around 30km north-west of the Melbourne CBD, is now…

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