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  "id": 440548,
  "title": "‘Difficult to reconcile’: The Australian council moving to ban data centres",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/difficult-to-reconcile-the-australian-council-moving-to-ban-data-440548",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-10T04:57:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/difficult-to-reconcile-the-australian-council-moving-to-ban-data-centres-20260810-p60n16.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "As power and water demands spark national concern, a major Perth council could become the first local government to make the facilities a “prohibited use”.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Difficult to reconcile’: The Australian council moving to ban data centres",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/difficult-to-reconcile-the-australian-council-moving-to-ban-data",
        "published": "2026-08-10T04:57:11.000Z"
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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."
}