Rochelle Flood
ON THE RECORD · 4 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“When our drinking water, energy and land is being used for generative AI slop, that is not giving any value back.”
Rochelle Flood · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Flood argues that using drinking water, energy, and land for generative AI content provides no value back to the community.
“They're telling us this is essential... that we need to have these centres in our neighbourhood but they're not saying what it's for,”
Rochelle Flood · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Fold criticizes proponents of data centres for not explaining what the centres will actually be used for.
“We've got the government rolling out the red carpet saying we want to be the data centre capital of the world,”
Rochelle Flood · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Flood criticizes the government for encouraging data centre development without clear sustainability plans.
“But can we actually do that sustainably or is it going to set us back in terms of net zero and our water storage targets?”
Rochelle Flood · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Flood questions whether data centre expansion can be done sustainably without undermining net zero and water storage targets.