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  "id": 3887931,
  "title": "Australia data centre firm NextDC reports rising water, energy use with profit beat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/australia-data-centre-firm-nextdc-reports-rising-water-energy-use-3887931",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T04:05:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/australia-data-centre-firm-nextdc-reports-rising-water-energy-use-with-profit-beat/articleshow/133582745.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The company's water usage effectiveness (WUE) ratio climbed to 2.40 litres per kilowatt-hour in the year to June, from 2.25 the prior year, while its power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratio, which measures how much electricity a data centre needs for cooling and other overheads, rose to 1.49 from 1.44. Both metrics have worsened for three consecutive years.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Australia data centre firm NextDC reports rising water, energy use with profit beat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/australia-data-centre-firm-nextdc-reports-rising-water-energy-use",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:51:50.000Z"
      }
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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."
}