Maintaining Australia’s social licence will be “crucial” as the federal government seeks to draw investment in AI and power-hungry data centres, Anthony Albanese has warned ahead of a meeting of state and territory leaders.

A Coalition olive branch to Anthony Albanese comes as the prime minister prepares to confront conservative states over the use of fossil fuels to power the data centre boom.

Maintaining Australia’s social licence will be “crucial” as the federal government seeks to draw investment in AI and power-hungry data centres, Anthony Albanese has warned ahead…