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Sarah Webber

Sarah Webber

Fictional character

Oct 12, 2026

speaker_1HOST
3:56
And I guess I want to kind of hear your thoughts on what do you kind of make of these kind of changes? Do you think they're stepping in the right direction or do you think there's real limitations?
4:06
Yeah, I certainly see limitations.
4:07
And I think a lot of members of the public are seeing through these new regulations as well as a bit of being inadequate, I guess.
4:15
So first up, there's that idea that there will be a 150 metre buffer between the new data centres and homes, and they wouldn't be near schools and childcare.
4:23
But 150 metres is not far enough.
4:25
So there are air pollutants from diesel generators at data centres, which will affect people much further away than 150 metres.
4:32
Those large AI data sets have massive fluctuation in energy demand.
speaker_2HOST
8:45
That would be great.

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