Australia’s AI Ambitions Add to Construction Squeeze as Housing Target Looms The Australian government's push to become a regional artificial intelligence powerhouse has created a daunting challenge: delivering on its housing target while catering to the burgeoning data centre industry.
The numbers are stark – 200,000 homes short of the 1. 2 million target by 2029, and a construction workforce shortfall of approximately 300,000 by 2027.
At the heart of this conundrum is the rapid expansion of data centres across Australia.