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  "id": 19580231,
  "title": "The data centre boom is propping up Victoria’s economy – and that could be a blessing or a curse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/the-data-centre-boom-is-propping-up-victorias-economy-and-that-could",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-12T01:09:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-data-centre-boom-is-propping-up-victoria-s-economy-and-that-could-be-a-blessing-or-a-curse-20261112-p61dig.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Outside of the pandemic, growth this year will be the slowest since the global financial crisis, a rate propped up by increasingly volatile investment in data centres.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "The data centre boom is propping up Victoria’s economy – and that could be a blessing or a curse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/the-data-centre-boom-is-propping-up-victorias-economy-and-that-could-19580311",
        "published": "2026-11-12T01:09:35.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}