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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

AI to hit Aussies as data centres push up energy costs

The amount of data centres being built in Australia has dramatically ramped up in recent years. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The race to build data centres in Australia could force household electricity prices up by as much as 26 per cent within a decade, a study has found.

The artificial intelligence hubs could also use as much electricity as all homes in the state of Victoria by 2030.

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