Australia’s data centre industry says it offsets 70 per cent of its power usage with renewables. But clean energy companies argue that’s only half the story.

A new report concludes the AI-fuelled surge of power-hungry data centres across Australia is jeopardising the country's energy transition.

Bowen says data centre demand could be key in getting struggling wind projects over line, but new report fears "energy vampires" will boost fossil fuels without firm rules.