AI data centres require continuous, stable 24/7 power, and the entire facility is engineered around that assumption. Because AI data centres require continuous, non‑interruptible 24/7 power, they are incompatible with the near-fully renewable power grid, which Australia is planning. Under the plan, these data centres would be powered primarily by 3 GW of electricity generation from gas from the NT’s Betaloo Basin. Chris Bowen, the energy dictator:Climate and energy minister Chris Bowen is arguably exceeding Commonwealth constitutional powers in an attempt to stop the NT and Queensland from using gas to power data centres. Data centres require a constant energy supply, which cannot reliably be delivered by a weather-dependent grid.