The ambitious project would provide a large new market for Beetaloo gas but has sparked an immediate backlash from green groups.

The territory’s ambitions to expand into data centres and rare earths hinge on a huge gas resource and its potential to deliver cheap and plentiful power.

NT government has set aside land for the $40 billion gas-powered AI ambitions of ASX-listed miner Beetaloo Energy, which could burn up to 200 TJ / day of fracked gas power…