Episode

Anthropic's plan for Australia's largest data centre

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ABC News Top Stories
Published
Sep 16, 2026
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178
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Summary

As debate rages over Australian copyright and AI investment, Anthropic has inked a deal to run Australia's largest data centre, proposed for rural southern Queensland. The company has signed a long-term lease for the 32-billion-dollar Western Downs Digital Park, and if approved, what's now a cattle feedlot would be transformed.