{
  "id": 3875400,
  "title": "Bowen says 'no carve-outs' after Queensland claims data centre win",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/bowen-says-no-carve-outs-after-queensland-claims-data-centre-win",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T03:14:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/bowen-says-no-carve-outs-for-states-on-data-centre-power/107089824"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Energy Minister Chris Bowen has dismissed suggestions that Queensland and the Northern Territory were granted carve-outs from federal data centre renewable energy rules. The Commonwealth will retain the final authority on this matter, with a high threshold for exceptions. Draft national data centre standards will be released before legislation is proposed early next year. The federal government will not permit states to dictate how data centres are powered, emphasizing that \"no exceptions and no carve-outs\" will apply under the new regulations.",
  "summary": "Queensland and the Northern Territory will not have control over how data centres are powered, the federal government insists, declaring there will be \"no exceptions and no carve-outs\" under its renewables plan.",
  "key_points": [
    "Energy Minister Chris Bowen denies suggestions of carve-outs for Queensland and Northern Territory.",
    "Federal government retains final authority on data centre renewable energy rules.",
    "Draft national data centre standards to be released before legislation proposal next year."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The federal government's rejection of state-specific exemptions sets a stricter national approach to regulating data centre energy use, limiting state influence on the matter.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}