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From SpaceX to City Streets: Who Pays for the AI Data Centre Boom?
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SpaceX's $1.75 trillion IPO has just created the world's first trillionaire. But for families in Morgan County, Georgia and Boxtown in South Memphis, the AI investment rush seems to look rather different: brown water, diesel fumes, and higher bills. This week, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson take on the data centre boom - now one of the fastest-moving forces in the global energy system. Why exactly do so many of these buildings need to be situated so close to population centres? And why do the communities that end up hosting them so rarely get a meaningful say? We hear from Nick Reece, Lord Mayor of Melbourne , one of the most vocal city leaders addressing the challenge head-on. He…