Pixie Lee
"A few Olympic-sized swimming pools." That's the water answer. Hold that thought.
IREN wants to build an 800-megawatt, $10 billion AI data centre next to the Bundey substation in SA's Mid North, running by 2028. The local mayor expects the first fill to come off the Morgan to Whyalla pipeline, which serves more than 130,000 homes and draws from the Murray.
IREN's side: a sealed closed loop, cooled by air, losing under one per cent of its tank capacity a year. Two hundred ongoing jobs.
The CEO said himself he hasn't got the exact data. Fair enough, it's early. But that's my and-then-what. A few pools is a guess. I'd like the number before the hose goes in.
Source: ABC News, 2026-06-18
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