{"id":"camfeed-72","numeric_id":72,"title":"Internal emails expose scale of Anthropic's Australian AI data centre appetite","canonical_url":"https://webcam.substack.com/p/internal-emails-expose-scale-of-anthropics","published_at":"2026-08-26T00:47:29+00:00","source":"webcam","source_type":"substack","type":"newsletter commentary","content_role":"commentary","author":"Cameron Wilson","summary":"It comes as the Albanese government negotiates new rules for large-scale data centres with the states","text":"Hi!\n\nRead: Internal emails expose scale of Anthropic’s Australian AI plans\n\nThis information about floated plans from Anthropic was just preliminary discussions from March, so I don’t suggest putting in too much stock in the exact number.\n\nWhat I think is really newsworthy about this is the ballpark of the number. 5GW is more than 3x Australia’s existing capacity.\n\nThat’s the numbers that these major AI companies are looking at as they plan their futures, including whether to set up serious operations in Australia.\n\nEven before Australians can consider if they want that kind of capacity (and investment) and under what conditions, it’s an open question about how we’d be able to satisfy that demand.\n\nA lot of big decisions that need to be made based on projecting a new technology years, decades even, into the future.\n\nThanks, CW\n\nP.S. I love tips. I also love hearing what people think about stories and can promise 100% confidentiality for anyone who contacts me. Message me on encrypted messaging app Signal or send me a secure email here .","has_full_text":false,"mcp_visible":true,"mcp_full_text_allowed":true,"full_text_word_count":0,"full_text_status":"","full_text_source_url":"","full_text_fetched_at":"","has_transcript":false,"transcript_status":"","transcript_kind":"","transcript_char_count":0,"topics":["AI"],"quoted_author":"","quoted_url":"","quoted_text":"","citation":"Cameron Wilson, \"Internal emails expose scale of Anthropic's Australian AI data centre appetite\", webcam, 2026-08-26, https://webcam.substack.com/p/internal-emails-expose-scale-of-anthropics","citation_markdown":"Cameron Wilson, [Internal emails expose scale of Anthropic's Australian AI data centre appetite](https://webcam.substack.com/p/internal-emails-expose-scale-of-anthropics) — webcam — 2026-08-26","attribution":"Source: webcam. Link to canonical URL: https://webcam.substack.com/p/internal-emails-expose-scale-of-anthropics"}