06/08/2026
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The AI revolution is accelerating.
Around the world, governments are competing to attract investment in data centres through planning approvals, infrastructure investment, energy access and policy support.
The economic benefits are substantial. So too are the opportunities for data centre owners, developers and technology companies.
But could the public benefit even more?
Here's a thought.
Rather than focusing solely on conditions around land use, utilities or local procurement, should governments also require a small percentage of compute capacity to be reserved for approved research and development initiatives?
Imagine dedicated AI compute being made available for projects such as:
โข disease prevention and medical research
โข climate modelling and environmental resilience
โข natural resource optimisation
โข disaster prediction and emergency response
โข university and public-sector innovation
Not enough to discourage investment.
Just enough to ensure that some of the infrastructure being enabled through public policy also creates long-term public value.
Canada has already taken steps to link government support with reserved AI compute capacity.
As Australia establishes its new Office of AI, and as many other countries continue developing their own AI strategies, there is an opportunity to think beyond simply attracting investment and instead maximise the societal return from that investment.
Infrastructure has always shaped society.
Perhaps AI infrastructure should do the same.
At Hayden Blaze, we enjoy exploring ideas that challenge conventional thinking. Not because we claim to have all the answers, but because the best outcomes often begin with asking better questions.
๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ? ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐?
We'd be interested to hear perspectives from across government, technology, research and infrastructure.
