Jul 7, 2026 – 6.11pmQueensland’s Liberal National Party government has launched its bid for a bigger share of the data centre investment boom with a pitch that defies widespread calls for renewables to be the major source of energy for the power-hungry server facilities.Just weeks after a meeting with Anthropic representatives, Premier David Crisafulli has declared Queensland will compete with other states for data centre investment without requiring that the energy from projects must come from certain sources.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles