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Jacob Shteyman

Data centre boom shakes up infrastructure priorities

Australia's population will hit 30 million within years, putting infrastructure under pressure. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Providing water and energy infrastructure to meet the rapid rise in data centre investment should be among Australia's top priorities, the government's independent infrastructure adviser says.

Projects that increase water capacity and clean energy generation were included in a slimmed-down list of priority infrastructure proposals released by Infrastructure Australia on Wednesday.

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