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“The proposed $32 billion Western Downs Digital Park in regional Queensland would consist of four data centres, the first of which has been leased by Anthropic for use as early as 2027.”

“The Queensland government confirmed it will be taking over from local governments as the "responsible assessor and coordinator" of data centre applications in a yet to be released planning framework.”

“The Queensland government will take the planning and assessment of data centre applications away from local councils under a system set to be rolled out in coming weeks.”

“Artificial intelligence behemoth Anthropic has signed a long-term lease to run its Claude AI system out of the yet-to-be-built data centre in Queensland's Western Downs.”

“Anthropic, one of the world's biggest AI companies, and which this week signed a deal with the Queensland government to use part of a proposed $32 billion data centre in the state, welcomed the paper.”

“In short: A $31.9 billion data centre project has been proposed for regional Queensland, amid national conversations around water and energy consumption.”