--- title: Australia tells AI data centres to put back more power... description: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new AI policy framework requiring large data centres to be net energy generators rather than net... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/australia-tells-ai-data-centres-to-put-back-more-power-than-they-take-out-1i1cw2zxq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Australia tells AI data centres to put back more power than they take out | daily.dev og:description: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new AI policy framework requiring large data centres to be net energy generators rather than net... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/australia-tells-ai-data-centres-to-put-back-more-power-than-they-take-out-1i1cw2zxq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1I1Cw2zxQ.png og:image:alt: Australia tells AI data centres to put back more power than they take out og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Australia tells AI data centres to put back more power than they take out **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new AI policy framework requiring large data centres to be net energy generators rather than net consumers, meaning they must put at least as much electricity into the grid as they draw. Operators would also bear full grid connection costs and fund water infrastructure. On copyright, Albanese declared Australian creative works are not free training data and that artists must retain control, calling unauthorized use 'theft' — though no enforcement mechanism was specified. An Office of AI was created within his department, and Australian Standards covering energy, water, copyright, and siting will go to National Cabinet next month. Legislation is only targeted for early next year, meaning nothing announced is currently binding. Reactions were mixed, with Greenpeace criticizing the lack of immediate regulation and the opposition calling the new office bureaucratic. Anthropic, which has flagged a A$21.6bn investment contingent on copyright clarity, said it would meet whatever terms are set. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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