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Australia should learn from the giant LNG boom of the 2000s as the country readies for a deluge of investment into data centres, HSBC chief economist Paul Boxham says.
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Matt Mckenzie

Data centre boom: AI plan needed before its too late

Australia should learn from the giant LNG boom of the 2000s as the country readies for a deluge of investment into data centres, HSBC chief economist Paul Boxham says.

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