Data Centres

Data Centres should only come to Queensland on Queenslanders’ terms.

We should decide when they come here, how they come here, where they are built and if they built at all.

That’s why today we are releasing Queensland Labor Opposition’s Data Centre Principles.

Eight principles that data centres should comply by.

1. Queenslanders’ power bills come first

2. Bring new energy, don’t take ours

3. Drinking and irrigation water is for people and agriculture

4. Plan ahead and put them in the right place

5. Communities and councils get a real say

6. Local benefits that last

7. Good jobs, Queensland skills, secure data

8. AND, Open and accountable

We will take these principles to Queenslanders for feedback.

Because it should be Queenslanders who decide the future of data centres in Queensland.

You can find Queensland Labor's Data Centre Principles for community consultation here.