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if tech giants weren't forced to power themselves, your bills would jump 26%

the australian government is requiring new ai data centres to build their own renewable energy sources instead of utilising the public grid.

data centres are massive energy hogs, and demand is expected to jump from 3twh to 30twh by 2035 as ai takes off. the climate council warned that without these new rules, we'd all be stuck paying for the extra infrastructure needed to keep the servers cool.

by early 2027, these companies will have to be net-generators, meaning they put more clean energy into the grid than they take out. it forces big tech to pay their way and actually accelerate the transition to renewables instead of just profiting from the existing system.

if you need help with super, you could be waiting 15 minutes for nothing.

a study of 20 major super funds found an industry average score of a mediocre 49.9% for customer experience and levels of empathy

a new mystery shopper report from super consumers australia has exposed a massive service gap in the industry. australiansuper, the country's biggest fund, performed particularly poorly by only connecting 10% of calls within a 15-minute window, while the rest of the industry averaged 87%. it is a pretty grim look for companies managing billions of dollars in workers' savings.

beyond just the wait times, the study found a serious lack of empathy when callers posed as people in vulnerable situations. seven out of ten of those callers gave the agents a failing grade for how they handled the sensitive conversation. while some funds claim the study is flawed because the shoppers weren't real members, it shows that getting a straight answer about your own money is getting harder.