Anthropic lands deal in $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says
(www.theguardian.com)
More jobs? These things employ like 3 people.
To some extent the water usage concerns are overblown, because a lot of the water usage is a one-time use followed by recycling the same water. But they do still need a heap upfront and continual usage of some not-insignificant amount. And western Queensland is not exactly known for its abundance of water...