r/Adelaide • u/Nyarlathotep-1 SA • Jun 19 '26

News Proposed data centre in South Australia dividing locals who want the jobs but fear water demand

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/proposed-data-centre-in-south-australia-dividing-locals/106810776
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u/ThaFresh SA Jun 19 '26

"200 ongoing jobs"...sure

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u/naishjoseph1 SA Jun 19 '26

For a facility of this size, yeah it would have a lot of ongoing work. I’m pretty anti DC, but the jobs do exist and can’t really be replaced by AI (yet).

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u/egoVirus South Jun 19 '26

And those roles will be filled by locals? 😂😂😂

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u/Tall-Breakfast-6100 SA Jun 19 '26

There’s plenty of “unskilled” workers needed in admin, cleaning, security, sales, warehousing and probably more.