Meeting With Google

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A Treasury meeting brief prepared for the Treasurer's 25 November 2025 meeting with Google Vice President Bikash Koley and other Google executives outlines government messaging on digital infrastructure investment. The brief identifies Australia's competitive advantages for data centre investment, including land availability, renewable energy potential, regulatory stability, and Asia-Pacific proximity. It notes Australia attracted more data centre investment in 2024 than any market outside the United States without public financial support, but currently lacks sufficient computing capacity and energy infrastructure to train frontier AI models. The brief references an expected National AI Plan release by mid-December 2025 alongside private sector infrastructure investment announcements. It flags a sensitivity regarding YouTube's designation as an age-restricted platform under new Social Media Minimum Age obligations effective 10 December 2025, with YouTube Kids exempted. Multiple sections are redacted under exemptions relating to Cabinet proceedings, legal professional privilege, and other protected information.