The NextDC S7 project in Eastern Creek serves as a cornerstone of the "OpenAI for Australia" initiative, establishing a massive hyperscale campus designed for sovereign AI infrastructure. Spanning a 258,000 sqm (2.78 million sq ft) site acquired in 2024, the $7 billion development is engineered as a high-density "AI factory" to host advanced GPU superclusters.
By serving as the initial anchor offtaker, OpenAI utilizes this facility to ensure that mission-critical data for Australian government, defense, and enterprise sectors remains on-shore and compliant with local security frameworks. The site is built for sustainability, featuring closed-loop liquid cooling technology to eliminate ongoing potable water use. Following its "fast-track" approval status, the first phase of the campus is currently projected to be ready for service in the second half of 2027.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | NextDC: S7 Sydney |
In 2024, NextDC acquired a 258,000 sqm (2.78 million sq ft) plot of land in Eastern Creek, Sydney, for AU$353 million (US$236.1 million) to develop a new data center named S7.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Starwood-Doma: Minchinbury |
A powerful new partnership is set to reshape Western Sydney’s digital landscape as Starwood Capital Group, Doma Infrastructure, and Telstra InfraCo join forces to develop a carrier-neutral data center in Minchinbury.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Keppel: Minchinbury, NSW |
Keppel DC plans to build a data center on 5 acres of land in Minchinbury, New South Wales, Australia.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Edge CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Stack: SYD01A |
SYD01A is the eastern building and first stage of STACK's SYD01 campus at 78 Lockwood Road, Erskine Park: a three-storey hyperscale data centre with 16 data halls on two levels, built with the campus substation and generator gantry.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Stack: SYD01B |
SYD01B is the western building and second stage of STACK's SYD01 campus at 78 Lockwood Road, Erskine Park: a three-storey hyperscale data centre with 16 data halls on two levels.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Goodman: Project Atlas |
Real estate giant Goodman Group has filed a SEARS application with the New South Wales government to develop a massive data center campus in Sydney’s Eastern Creek area.
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October 28, 2026 AirTrunk
AirTrunk has secured an A$4.25 billion green loan to fund continued development of its SYD3 campus in Western Sydney. Reuters put the facility at about US$2.98 billion. Thirty-two local and international financial institutions backed the debt, which 14 lead banks underwrote. AirTrunk develops and...
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October 27, 2026 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE
Clayco and Kiewit New Mexico Co. topped out the 855,000-square-foot first building at Project Jupiter, a data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The contractors placed the final structural beam atop the building, completing its primary structural framework, Clayco announced on October...
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October 26, 2026 OpenAI
OpenAI has applied for a federal permit to fill 72 acres of wetlands at its Project Camellia data center campus in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District is taking public comments on the application through Nov. 4, the Savannah Morning News reported. The campus is planned...
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October 26, 2026 Princeton Digital Group
Planning documents filed with the New South Wales government identify Princeton Digital Group as the client behind a 100-megawatt data centre in Sydney's southwest. The scoping report, first reported by Mingtiandi on Oct. 24, describes capital investment above A$1 billion (US$701 million). If...
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September 23, 2026 OpenAI
Alongside large AI training clusters, OpenAI and Anthropic are exploring smaller data center deployments. The companies are discussing 20–30MW capacity deals, likely for inference workloads. OpenAI has held talks with data center operators in the US and Nordics, while Anthropic has explored...
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