7 million litres of diesel just 250m from homes: The data centre plan locals didn’t know about

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A former Ford factory site in Australia is planned to be converted into a large data center costing over $1 billion with an expected workforce of 255 people. Local residents were unaware of the significant diesel storage onsite planned for the data center.

The former Ford factory once employed more than 5000 people. Now the site is expected to become a data centre that will cost more than $1 billion to build and employ just 255 people.