Freshly minted chief scientist Tony Haymet won’t rule out nuclear energy as a power source to drive Australia’s participation in the global artificial intelligence boom but says right now the national focus should be on scaling renewables infrastructure for wind and solar.
Professor Haymet said the fast-evolving worldwide market for AI products and services was an opportunity for Australia as a host for AI data centres powered by renewable energy.
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