Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken his pitch on AI to the electorate arguing that just as Australia has led the world on social media standards, it can also set ground rules for the tech giants scouting hyperscale-sized data centres in Australia. But turning the government’s expectations into rules on the ground is yet to happen, and the businesses at the pointy end of the data centre rollout - transmission and distribution companies fielding dozens of requests for connections - are trying to get ahead of the game.

This episode features Lumea Executive General Manager Craig Stallan and Cutler Merz Managing Director Tim Edwards and is supported by Lumea and CutlerMerz.