{
  "id": 3536368,
  "title": "‘Reluctant’ approval for Tasmanian datacentre sets marker for national battle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/reluctant-approval-for-tasmanian-datacentre-sets-marker-for-national-3536368",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/27/tasmania-datacentre-ai-standards-national-cabinet-albanese-government"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Concerns over planning process as George Town council gives go-ahead for 288MW AI factory despite opposition from locals Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The day before Anthony Albanese secured agreement with states and territories to develop national datacentre standards , a small council in Tasmania was grappling with the existing regulations in the face of strong…",
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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."
}