AI data centres in Australia: How liquid cooling can stretch a capped grid connection

October 22, 2026

Guest Blogger

Author: Mark Deguara, Technology Innovation Leader Building an AI data centre in Australia increasingly requires close attention to grid capacity. At the end of Q2 2026, AEMO was tracking 9.0 GW of maximum data-centre connection capacity in the formal transmission connection process, with 52% in...

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