Arabic version: كوانتوم دي سي توقف إجراءات الموافقة على مركز بيانات للذكاء الاصطناعي في تلال أديلايد
According to ABC News, Quantum DC has paused its approval process for a proposed 1,200-megawatt AI data centre at Tungkillo in the Adelaide Hills after acknowledging it had “misread” community feeling about the project.
Chief executive Alby Tomassi said the developer would not seek development approval this year. Instead, it plans a longer-term and more comprehensive engagement programme intended to address concerns raised by residents.
Quantum DC is proposing a hyperscale data centre and energy infrastructure on Collins Road, Tungkillo, about 41 kilometres directly east of the Adelaide CBD. Mr Tomassi said the company’s initial engagement had created more questions than answers and apologised for the disappointment and frustration caused.
The company had scheduled two community consultation sessions last month, but postponed them because of safety concerns. Locals subsequently held protest meetings, attended by a few hundred people. Quantum DC said it had been contacted by more than 350 people and received a consolidated list of 432 questions.
Concerns included water, energy, noise, lighting and the night sky, traffic, bushfire, farming land, the location and the local environment. Quantum DC said it would convene a panel of independent experts to review specialist studies and publish its findings.
