Sources
Everything this site claims about the world outside itself traces to the sources on this page. Entries marked with a pending note are cited to secondary coverage while the primary document link is completed. Errors: use the contact form; corrections are logged in the changelog.
Regulators & government
Australian Energy Regulator, State of the Energy Market 2024 — ch.2 National Electricity Market, 2024.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
NEM consumption 213 TWh in 2023-24, including rooftop solar.
CSIRO, GenCost 2025-26 Final Report, 2026-07.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Large-scale PV LCOE ranges; storage capex tables B.4–B.6; system-level firmed renewables $141–152/MWh (grid scope, incl. transmission & integration).
Australian Energy Market Commission, Data centre energy obligation — advice to Energy and Climate Change Ministers, 2026-07.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
The actual mechanism: REGO offsetting from new generation + firm contract coverage + AEMO registration. Not a physical export requirement. Proposed policy — legislation targeted early 2027. Cite this, never summaries of it.
AEMO, Transmission Cost Database / 2026 ISP inputs, 2026.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Australian National Audit Office, Delivery of Snowy 2.0 (performance audit), 2025.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Queensland Government, Budget 2026-27 — CopperString commitment (A$3.2B), 2026-06.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
TODO: replace this secondary link with the Qld budget paper itself.
Commonwealth (EPBC), AREH — 'clearly unacceptable' decision, 2021-06.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
TODO: replace with the EPBC decision notice itself.
BITRE, An introduction to where Australians live — Information Sheet 96, 2018.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
ABS, National, state and territory population, 2026.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Geoscience Australia, Area of Australia — States and Territories, 2024.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
ACT = 2,358 km²; Australia 7.688M km².
Water Corporation (WA), Seawater desalination — plant energy data; Goldfields & Agricultural Water Supply Scheme, 2025.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Industry & market
Oxford Economics Australia (for AEMO), Australia data centre energy consumption forecasts — 2025 ESOO / 2026 ISP inputs, 2025.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
FY25: 3.9 TWh. Step Change: 12.0 TWh by FY30, 34.5 TWh by FY50. Adverse half: demand outside Sydney/Melbourne forecast as minimal — quote it first and answer it.
Baringa for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Getting the balance right: data centre growth and the energy transition, 2025-12.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Modelled Mar 2025 on 2024 ESOO — cite structure and relative magnitudes, not current levels. Always attach Baringa's caveat (effect is load growth generally). Quote its remote-siting scepticism (South-West REZ case study) before it is quoted at you.
Uptime Institute, Global Data Center Survey 2024, 2024.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
NVIDIA, H100/H200 platform specifications, 2024.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
AWS / Google Cloud / Microsoft Azure, Region-selection and workload-architecture documentation, 2025.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Lazard, LCOE+ (levelized cost of energy analysis), 2025.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Precedent projects
Finder, Owning a home in the 80s vs today, 2025.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
1984: 3.3× income; 2025: 9.4× national. TODO: supplement with ABS/CoreLogic series.
ABC News, CopperString cost rises to $13.9 billion, 2025-04-08.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
SunCable, SunCable moving forward under new ownership, 2023-09.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
PV Tech, Grok acquires all of SunCable's assets, 2023-09.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
RenewEconomy, EnergyConnect energised after delays and cost overruns, 2026-06.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
PV Tech, bp exits 26GW Australian Renewable Energy Hub, 2026-02.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
PV Tech, 70GW WGEH seeks WA EPA approval, 2025.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
TODO: replace with the WA EPA referral document.
ABC News, $12 billion Snowy 2.0 — timeline and cost, 2026-02.
Link · Accessed 2026-08.
Data
TASC's own modelling
TASC (this site), Corridor cost model — assumptions and workings, 2026-08.
On this site · Accessed 2026-08.
TASC's own estimate. Assumptions published at /assumptions; challenge invited via /contact.