Denver Kanowski lives on a farm. He is 70 years old. He sees gas projects come and go. Now a big company plans a datacentre. The datacentre is for AI. It is very big. It uses 725 hectares of land. That is a lot of land. The land is near Dalby. Dalby is a small town. It is 180km from Brisbane.
The datacentre costs $31bn. That is a lot of money. It needs a lot of power. It needs 2.16GW of power. That is like one quarter of all power in Queensland. Many people do not want it. Denver says it is stupid. He says it is greed. Another man named Mordechai Winters also says no. He starts a petition. Many people sign it. Over 21,500 people sign.
In the US, many people also say no. Three quarters of Americans do not want datacentres. Over 500 counties say no to new ones. The developer says the cooling is not bad. It uses less water. But it still uses a lot of power. The company plans to build it on a feedlot. That is a place for cows. Now it will be for AI. People are worried about noise. They are worried about the environment. They want to keep their way of life.
Sources: theguardian.com
The words in bold are from the article.
| 1. company | a. tell |
| 2. land | b. energy |
| 3. power | c. liquid |
| 4. big | d. business |
| 5. plan | e. ground |
| 6. people | f. large |
| 7. want | g. wish |
| 8. say | h. folks |
| 9. water | i. idea |
| 10. noise | j. sound |
1.d 2.e 3.b 4.f 5.i 6.h 7.g 8.a 9.c 10.j