{"id":868245,"date":"2026-08-25T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/868245\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:32:08","slug":"ai-data-centre-decision-locked-in-gallery-erupts-in-chorus-of-boos-the-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/868245\/","title":{"rendered":"AI data centre decision locked in, gallery erupts in chorus of boos &#8211; The Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxNWmJQa0RPcF9WZ3dmNHZLZkFhaUpQdF9IVGE2Q1kxaGtSUGFxQ09kN09NQzN2OFVpNmt4T2RxVWYxdF9FUElTbkRnblZ3cC1HVTJ5ejRnUjQ2M3NKdEVVaVRocGtqVnhFUWV3anMzSkFRdlBldXlWT2lnSzAtY3pEZTAtRGx3TkhfdDkwb0RpUUlNbF9xRFNsdmUtaVhocklzcnZnd0szVEtiS0V5blBlb3VnTG81clFudEwwT2dPMmNNTEY1alN1c0tNTjR0dlhtdDJ6WldieUFoYlMxQUxJck5NVnJEaFBubVdpY2xabDJLV2otbHhWLTF4THo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI data centre decision locked in, gallery erupts in chorus of boos<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mercury<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQZ3hXYk5wVUtjWldJUWc5UUU5RjdxS1dpWWQ0QUxEZ05sZFNSRGdzUmhUaWw0YTlpdkxmTFJIYjlYQWdXTGxHMzdVeTF4V1l6djdOUnc4M0lVUnJ3T3FHaHRaQUFhbFNtX1RFVE5BUGk4NFJtTWtRRTUtblMwTWJRV3MzM1N0UTktY1diTjJMTWg2eFB3YzlNaElra0lxRkl2dERwTlZlMnA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI data centre proposal approved by Tasmanian council<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNZ2w3SHVIaXlMWTBaR3VPRE1wc05QTjU4MVFjMzJWT2pmNW5fWmZBTVpaNVF4UFdzTk9xemhDcGs5X2hYV3JMcnV0eF8xOTZQQnlCSkU4WERYOEFMR3pSRE9oaVJvR3Y3aERVZVRPSENGamcydm10WmY4YS05aHlrSGJXczFDVjNhZm50bjQySVJfY1dfMGJ2bUFLdEl1S0k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI data centre approved despite community concerns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxONFJfeUx4RVEySHFvUzd4b1BfWXp0V0Rvb0U0bXNrYUJZUUlONHJFcFcyMFhiY1VKa2xfOHZFbkN2SDNhcTlIelNubVMtWUZHQm5tb2JlOFRLOVRhbXA3d1IwQkZhWGxyY2ptbndST0t6aXlwLVliUDRMdFJweHVrbElJVTJyQTJGWExGWWVfdTR1VmtyQjhGSE5UbFM1MVR0Z0cyZjZhdklmTThKclJSX2dwS3JrT2YzYUdGR0FRb3dOdnlYeXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Firmus\u2019 Bell Bay data centre gets green light from council planners<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AFR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQaDVGVDMtTnZIcURoekZKNzZaMlpfSVVwNUdsV1JONXY4ekZncFdSLXF0T3pOS0VpRWhKRnlCdmw4VEpsWDFyQWN5QVJENHRHZW5pMnRLYjIwcUNoY3YwLWtGSXlKYXNYaVRWTERJYk9jeG1zTjd3Z3k4NThLRVpnRXNQVjktWjNF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Northern Tasmania local news briefing Tuesday August 25, 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI data centre decision locked in, gallery erupts in chorus of boos&nbsp;&nbsp;The MercuryAI data centre proposal approved by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-868245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}