Jul 22, 2026 – 11.59pmData centre power demands not covered by direct deals with wind and solar companies would need to be purchased from a federal government green energy scheme under an industry proposal that could boost Labor’s flagging renewables rollout.The plan by the Clean Energy Council, which represents Australia’s top renewables developers, could improve the prospects of several struggling projects by forcing new data centres to power 100 per cent of their operations with renewable energy.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Renewables sector tells data centres to pay up
New data centres should be forced to buy offsets for any power not covered by direct deals with wind and solar farms, say Australia’s top clean energy companies.
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