Cloud & Infrastructure
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The Power to Change the Data Centre
May 15, 2019 | 10 minDan Brown, Partner for Energy and Infrastructure at technology oriented law firm Ashurst, interviews Thomas Dargue, Director at renewable energy and leader Vena Energy. They discuss the future of energy in Australia’s data centres and the move to renewables.
Dan Brown:
So, Thomas, it’s a really exciting time for data centres. We’re seeing projected growth of 12% year on year in the Australian data centre market. We’re seeing data centres consuming 4% of the energy in the national electricity market at the moment. And projections are that in 2025 they’ll consume 20% of the global energy demand.
When you correlate…