
The energy vampires next door: Life next to an AI mega-factory
From The Morning Edition
Published 3/3/2026
If leading figures of the AI boom, like OpenAI chief Sam Altman, have their way, much of the world (or better yet, space) will be covered in data centres. But what about the havoc their construction is wreaking on our neighbourhoods? Today, investigative reporter Clay Lucas, on the Australians…






