Australia’s data centre growth proportion now matches the US

Ketan Joshi · 30 Apr 2026

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Data centres will become the majority driver of electricity demand growth in Australia's National Electricity Market.

Their wordsEven if a small fraction of this pipeline ends up operational, data centres will drive far more than 50% of demand growth in the NEM.
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If Australia's renewable rollout weakens, coal and gas plants will run longer and generate more, well past their planned shutdown dates.

Their wordsIn the face of weakened renewable roll-out in Australia, the most likely outcome is simply that coal and gas just generate more, and for many more years past their shut down date.

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