Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory

NextDC has lodged an application with the Victorian government for fast-tracked approval to expand its controversial datacentre known as M3 in Footscray to cover 10 hectares./Getty Images NextDC has lodged an application with the Victorian government for fast-tracked approval to expand its controversial datacentre known as M3 in Footscray to cover 10 hectares./Getty Images Datacentres - Australia Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory Exclusive: Correspondence requests state MP Melissa Horne to lobby on NextDC’s behalf – but contains alleged AI-created errors

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Prefer the Guardian on Google The Victorian jobs minister has accused one of Australia’s largest datacentre companies of using artificial intelligence while requesting she lobby her colleague to approve a massive expansion of its “hyperscale AI factory”.