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Anthropic lands massive Queensland data centre deal as copyright debate heats up

The deal represents Anthropic’s first long-term data centre lease in Australia.
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A data centre construction site is seen in the Sydney suburb of Artamon, Sunday, May 24, 2026. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Opening the door to artificial intelligence should not jeopardise copyright laws, experts say, as an AI giant secures a deal to use a multibillion-dollar data centre in Australia.

Anthropic has signed its first long-term lease in the nation with the largest data centre project in Australia to run its popular Claude AI model.

Singapore-based developer Zerra DC has forked out about $30 billion to build the data centre based more than 200km west of Brisbane.

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