DataCentre Giant Accused of Using AI in Lobbying Bid to Victorian Minister

Victorian jobs minister Melissa Horne has accused NextDC, one of Australia's largest datacentre companies, of using artificial intelligence while requesting she lobby a colleague to approve a major expansion of its "hyperscale AI factory," according to correspondence revealed by The Guardian.

The exchange between Horne and NextDC chief executive Craig Scroggie reflects growing sensitivity around datacentre developments ahead of the state election, with the correspondence allegedly containing AI-created errors, the report states.