Artificial intelligence company Firmus plans to use state-owned agricultural irrigation water

AI data centre firm Firmus inadvertently revealed plans to source cooling water from Tasmanian Irrigation, a state-owned utility built for agriculture, sparking regulatory uncertainty over whether it can legally supply non-farming customers.

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