Episode 131 - Do we want more data centres during an energy crisis?

About this episode

The episode discusses the Government's response to the fuel security crisis and the implications of data centre investments.

This week on the poddy, the team break down the Government’s response to the fuel security crunch (and why our earlier calls are holding up), the proposed Datagrid investment in Southland, and how enabling transport tech could quickly turn into a mass-surveillance political hot potato.

People in this episode

Hosts: Maddy Burgess-Smith, Jesse Corlett, Henry Levett

Topics covered

• data centres
• energy crisis
• fuel security
• Datagrid investment
• transport technology
• mass surveillance

Keywords

• data centres
• energy crisis
• fuel security
• Datagrid
• Southland
• transport technology
• mass surveillance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Government

Places: Southland

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