Energy Minister Chris Bowen plans to make the states fall in line with the federal plan to have data centres invest in new green power. It means that if data centres, and other large energy users, need new or accelerated transmission, they have to foot the bill.” “For example, data centres could sign power purchase agreements or invest in renewable generation directly,” Bowen said. Belinda Dennett, chief executive of Data Centres Australia, the industry’s peak body, said the organisation welcomed the principle that the industry invest in renewables and pay its own way. “Where data centres pay for shared assets that others use, that contribution has to be properly recognised.