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Ballarat Data Centre plan for Miners Rest to create jobs

The precinct has been forecast to create 250 direct, permanent jobs.

Management believes the move could transform the company from a gas producer into an integrated energy and digital infrastructure business.

The intended end user is unclear.

An IREN spokesperson said after the initial fill, less than one per cent of its total on-site tank capacity would be depleted annually.

This is not an isolated issue; similar debates are occurring globally.

The AI boom has landed in the wealthy region with a speculative plan to supersize a hub and power it with a new gas plant.

That growth reflects increasing demand across Victoria for AI-ready, cloud and mission-critical digital infrastructure.

Western Sydney is now out of power, the data centre developers are now shifting away.

Australian data centre giant NextDC has bought $165 million worth of land earmarked for thousands of new homes on the outskirts of Geelong.

Melbourne appears to be getting an edge over its northern rival.