A $31.9 billion hyper-scale data centre proposed for regional Queensland promises huge economic scale, while raising questions about energy demands and water security.

The massive 800 MW data centre will need city-scale electrical infrastructure, and will install enough diesel generator capacity, and fuel, to last four days if needed.

A $31.9 billion hyper-scale data centre proposed for regional Queensland promises huge economic scale, while raising questions about energy demands and water security.