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    DatacenterDynamics Carbon Tax , Cloud Computing
    Australia's data center industry
    Exactly what affect could a carbon tax have on Australia’s data center industry? We spoke to one market expert to find out. Australia introduced its carbon tax this week, which from July next year will see its top 500 polluters pay AU$23 for each tonne of carbon emitted. There is little doubt that countries such as the UK, considering own version of a carbon tax – the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) -will be interested to see how the move pans out. Few Australian data centers are expected to incur higher power costs but not the tax, however, and much of this comes down to its demographic as a data center market.
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    1. Data center providers in Australia can be put into two groups – providers with legacy facilities with monolithic designs with poor energy standards and movers and shakers coming into the market with far more progressive designs.
      By Matthew Oostveen

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