Australia’s Victoria state has approved the production license for a A$1 billion ($700 million) natural gas project to help avoid a forecast gas shortage.

Nextdc Ltd. shares rebounded after a profit warning over protests at one of its sites triggered the biggest drop since the company listed in 2010.

Australian liquefied natural gas exporter Santos Ltd. said production in the three months through September hit a quarterly record, as it increased output from two major projects.

APA Group reached a final investment decision on a natural gas pipeline between Queensland and New South Wales states, which could help alleviate projected shortfalls in the more heavily populated southeast of Australia.

Nextdc Ltd. slashed its full-year earnings guidance by a third and placed development plans on hold after protests delayed power supply to one of its major projects in Melbourne, wiping some $2 billion off its market value.

Woodside Energy Group Ltd. said that pre-commissioning work at its $12 billion Scarborough liquefied natural gas export project off the coast of Western Australia was paused after Greenpeace protesters climbed aboard the gas platform.

Anthropic PBC is looking to invest in data centers in Australia as the artificial intelligence company scales up its build-out across the world and expands capacity within the country.

Australia is set to unveil the final version of a controversial plan to force liquefied natural gas producers to reserve as much as a fifth of their output for local buyers.

Australia is set to unveil the final version of a controversial plan to force liquefied natural gas producers to reserve as much as a fifth of their output for local buyers.

Australia’s data-center boom is running into growing community resistance, with Goodman Group scrapping plans for a 24-hour facility in suburban Sydney after a backlash from local residents.

Liquefied natural gas buyers are accelerating discussions to buy more fuel from the US as the Iran war and turmoil over the Strait of Hormuz forces them to seek alternatives to suppliers in the Middle East.

Australia eased plans to force liquefied natural gas exporters to reserve supplies for domestic users, replacing a fixed requirement with an annual cap based on demand.

US tech titans are interested in building data centers in Australia, drawn by its green grid and proximity to Asia, as they face a growing backlash at home, according to AirTrunk Operating Pty Ltd.

Australia’s Northern Territory started commercial production from the nation’s first shale gas wells, as a debate rages between the sparsely populated region and the federal government on whether fossil fuels should be used to power a wave of data centers.

Australia sees data-center electricity use rising almost sevenfold over the next decade, highlighting the need for investment in generation and storage as the nation’s aging coal plants are retired.

Origin Energy Ltd.  shares rose the most in six months after full-year profit beat analyst estimates, and the uptake of electric vehicles and home batteries in Australia accelerated.

A regional environmental regulator in Australia has recommended tougher license conditions for two liquefied natural gas export facilities operated by Inpex Corp. and Santos Ltd.

Woodside Energy Group Ltd., Australia’s biggest natural gas exporter, said output slumped by more than a quarter in the three months through June after a cyclone that impacted operations and planned maintenance at its Pluto export plant.

About 900,000 current and former Origin Energy Ltd. customers had their data accessed in a security breach, the latest in a string of cyberattacks on major Australian companies and essential-service providers.

Australia’s liquefied natural gas exporters should be riding high on a A$20 billion ($14 billion) sales windfall from the conflict in the Middle East. Instead, their good fortune has triggered a wave of public backlash.