Community opposes proposed data centre near dark sky reserve

Key points

• Residents of Tungkillo, South Australia, fear a proposed hyper-scale data centre could damage the area's rolling hills and dark sky reputation. Developer Quantum DC wants to build the 1,200-megawatt Tungkillo Compute and Energy Hub on a 220-hectare site about 55 kilometres east of Adelaide.
• The company says the site is more than 5 kilometres outside the River Murray Dark Sky Reserve. The state government has not yet received a formal development application.
• Quantum DC plans two community drop-in sessions before lodging one, and says specialist studies on noise, lighting and other impacts are underway.