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Tasmania's Secret AI Load: 500 MW, No Names, No Water
A tabled paper lists 10 AI centres and up to 1,150 MW of interest — but the six biggest newcomers have no names, mostly no sites, and no water figures.
ManoodPinakamaagang sourceABC News (Australia)
Ano ang una nating nalaman
- 1,770 MWTasmania system peak demand 2024-25
- 505–705 MWCombined demand, six secret proposals
- up to 1,150 MWPotential demand, ten-centre pipeline
- Six confidential AI proposals would add roughly 505 to 705 MW if all proceeded.
- Water use for all six is listed as not defined, unlike named Firmus figures.
- Tasmania’s 2024-25 system peak was 1,770 MW.
Bukas pa noon
- No names, exact sites beyond one northwest preference and one Bell Bay smelter interest, or timelines for the six.
- Correct moratorium petition total and what Tasmania gains in jobs or revenue.
Ang sinabi naming babantayan
- Hydro Tasmania’s end-of-year ruling on Firmus’s 450 MW request and whether any confidential load must fund new generation.
- Whether parliament’s inquiry turns draft expectations into binding guardrails before sites lock in.
