Australia Talks 1 Aug 2024: Power hungry data centres & Collins submarine refurbishments

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:08:59 - Power hungry data centres in Australia are scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand

00:33:34 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Winchelsea, Victoria

00:53:49 - Federal government signs $2.2billion deal to extend the life of the Collins submarine. New AUKUS subs delivery expected to face challenges

01:21:55 - This week in Australian history 26-31 Jul and 1 Aug

01:32:29 - XXXX bottle top quiz

'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit

Sources:

Goodbye Natick! Microsoft has given up on one of its coolest projects ever — underwater data center pilot canned despite successful outcomes and won't come back

Power-hungry data centres scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand

Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably

Submarine boss predicts AUKUS project will be slow, expensive and suffer setbacks

Federal government signs $2.2 billion deal to extend life of Collins submarines into the 2030s

Australia Talks - 18 Apr 2024: Gilmour Space Eris rocket

Wikipedia - Winchelsea, Victoria

Wikipedia - Thomas Austin (pastoralist)

Wikipedia - Rabbits in Australia

Wikipedia - Acclimatisation Society

Hankering for History

National Geographic

Australian Food Timeline

Aussie Towns

Museums Victoria

Tanggram - The magic of compounding interest

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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