Anthropic lands deal in $31bn datacentre in western Queensland
Summary
Anthropic, a major AI company known for its language model Claude, has agreed to lease land for its first datacentre in Australia. The datacentre will be built in western Queensland near Dalby and is expected to open next year at a cost of about $31.9 billion.Key Facts
- Anthropic will lease the site for its first Australian datacentre in western Queensland.
- The datacentre will be located at the Western Downs digital park, near Dalby, northwest of Toowoomba.
- Singapore-based Zerra DC will build the datacentre, which will connect to the Braemar power station.
- The project is planned to open next year with an estimated cost of $31.9 billion.
- Queensland Premier David Crisafulli promoted the state’s energy security and easy approval process to attract Anthropic.
- Queensland and the Northern Territory secured permission to power new AI centres using coal energy instead of only renewable energy.
- The federal government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, allowed Queensland to choose its own power supply approach for datacentres.
- There are ongoing debates in Australia about AI development, including concerns over the use of local creative works and calls to slow AI progress.
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