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Are domestic data centres worth the cost?

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Episode Are domestic data centres worth the cost?

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Australia's being pitched as a potential global powerhouse for data centres.

These are the massive facilities that store, process and move the data behind everything from cloud computing to artificial intelligence.

But as billions of dollars flow into new projects, a fierce debate is emerging over who benefits, and who bears the cost.

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