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Dr Justin Pyvis
Independent economist and casual techie based in Perth, Western Australia.
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Australia is spending $2.5 billion to prop up a 20th-century aluminium smelter, when letting it close would instantly free up enough grid capacity to power 20 hyperscale AI data centres.