2026-10-29 · ABC News (AU)
🔮 Eight Victorian councils brought data centre motions to the MAV's October State Council, including Melbourne, Geelong, Maribyrnong and Hume, reflecting the sector's increasing concern over the facilities' impact on local communities.
The City of Greater Geelong's submission said large-scale data centres could delay residential and industrial development "needed to support growing communities."
Data centre giant NextDC this year purchased 169 hectares of land in Lovely Banks in the Northern Geelong Growth Area — land that had been earmarked for more than 2,000 new homes as part of a plan to help solve the city's housing shortfall. assertive
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