Aug 26, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
American country music legend Dolly Parton has died, aged 80. We hear about her unique journey in show business and how she's influenced Australians. Plus, it's been predicted that AI data centres…
Dave MarcheseHost
Olivia ShenGuestDominique BayensGuestApril McLennan
Vera BlueGuestAriana LucenteObviously I'm an inadequate guest if it comes to that.
There's one issue that's been raised at every level of government in communities across Australia.
Data centers, what do you think of them? Would you mind if one landed in your neighborhood? Maybe one is already planned.
G'day, it's Dave Mark Osei with you for Hack, and coming up we're gonna talk about data centers and hearing from those who are saying, "No thank you."
They see this beautiful area.
Instead of, you know, trying to protect it for as long as we can, they're like, "This would be a good place to make some money," you know, to build data centers on this.
It, it really hurts.
Yeah, I'm keen to hear your thoughts on this one, 'cause the prime minister actually had a big meeting with state and territory leaders today where they talked about data centers.
The PM's trying to get states on board with his plans to power new centers with renewable energy.
So we're gonna let you know what happened in that meeting, if there was a decision reached.
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