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People power in the suburbs exposes the fragility of the AI boom

Daniel Ziffer · ABC News (AU)

Published 23 Oct 2026, 5:47 am·1 h ago·1 min read

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A neighbourhood uprising over power poles helped wipe $3 billion from a listed company in a day and made the AI boom a little shakier.

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