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Read Goodman and Digital Realty Launch A$715M Bid for 9.9% NEXTDC Stake
[Goodman Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/goodman-group) and [Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) moved to buy up to 9.9% of Australian operator [NEXTDC](htt...

Goodman and Digital Realty Launch A$715M Bid for 9.9% NEXTDC Stake

November 05, 2026 Melbourne

Goodman Group and Digital Realty moved to buy up to 9.9% of Australian operator NEXTDC at a 45.5% premium to the previous close. The buyers offered A$9.50 a share through an aftermarket bookbuild, a purchase Reuters valued at about A$715 million (US$501 million) after reviewing the term sheet....

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Read AirTrunk Secures A$4.25B Green Loan for SYD3 Sydney Campus
AirTrunk has secured an [A$4.25 billion green loan](https://airtrunk.com/airtrunk-secures-a4-25b-green-loan-for-syd3-western-sydney-expansion-supporting-australias-digital-economy) to fund continue...

AirTrunk Secures A$4.25B Green Loan for SYD3 Sydney Campus

October 28, 2026 Sydney

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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Read Quantum DC Proposes 1.2GW Compute and Energy Hub in South Australia
Quantum DC has proposed a 1.2GW data center and energy hub on 220 hectares at Tungkillo in South Australia. The site sits about 55 kilometres east of Adelaide, and the developer plans three s![w.me...

Quantum DC Proposes 1.2GW Compute and Energy Hub in South Australia

October 28, 2026 South Australia

Quantum DC has proposed a 1.2GW data center and energy hub on 220 hectares at Tungkillo in South Australia. The site sits about 55 kilometres east of Adelaide, and the developer plans three stages, with the first due to begin operating in 2028 and full build-out in 2031. Quantum DC's...

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Read Data Igloo Proposes Cold Storage Data Center At Former Karioi Pulp Mill
Data Igloo proposes to develop a cold data storage campus at the former Winstone Pulp International mill at Karioi on [New Zealand](https://baxtel.com/regions/new-zealand)'s North Island. [Ruapehu ...

Data Igloo Proposes Cold Storage Data Center At Former Karioi Pulp Mill

October 28, 2026 New Zealand

Data Igloo proposes to develop a cold data storage campus at the former Winstone Pulp International mill at Karioi on New Zealand's North Island. Ruapehu District Council said on 28 October it had received the campus proposal alongside a separate wood pellet plant for the same site near...

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Read Princeton Digital Group Linked to A$1B, 100MW Sydney Data Centre
Planning documents filed with the [New South Wales](https://baxtel.com/regions/new-south-wales) government identify [Princeton Digital Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/princeton-digital-group...

Princeton Digital Group Linked to A$1B, 100MW Sydney Data Centre

October 26, 2026 Sydney

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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Read IREN Proposes 900MW Redbank Campus Near Wagga Wagga, Power Not Yet Secured
IREN outlined early plans this week for Redbank, a proposed 900 MW data center campus near Wagga Wagga in regional [New South Wales](https://baxtel.com/regions/new-south-wales). The Nasdaq-listed o...

IREN Proposes 900MW Redbank Campus Near Wagga Wagga, Power Not Yet Secured

October 14, 2026 New South Wales

IREN outlined early plans this week for Redbank, a proposed 900 MW data center campus near Wagga Wagga in regional New South Wales. The Nasdaq-listed operator took the proposal to the local community ahead of a scoping report due to the state's Department of Planning, Housing and...

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Read Firmus and CDC Scrap 1.6GW Project Southgate With Just 42MW Built
[Firmus Technologies](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/firmus-technologies) and [CDC Data Centres](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/canberra-data-centres-cdc) have scrapped Project Southgate, their p...

Firmus and CDC Scrap 1.6GW Project Southgate With Just 42MW Built

October 06, 2026 Tasmania

Firmus Technologies and CDC Data Centres have scrapped Project Southgate, their plan to build up to 1.6GW of AI factories across Australia, after deploying about 42MW, roughly 2.5 percent of the original target. "Firmus and CDC mutually agreed earlier this year not to proceed with the...

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Read Lambda, Sharon AI Raise $1.36B In GPU-Backed Debt On Same Day
Two neoclouds on opposite sides of the Pacific closed a combined $1.36 billion in GPU-backed debt on October 1. [San Francisco-based](https://baxtel.com/regions/san-francisco-bay-area) Lambda [clos...

Lambda, Sharon AI Raise $1.36B In GPU-Backed Debt On Same Day

October 03, 2026 Australia

Two neoclouds on opposite sides of the Pacific closed a combined $1.36 billion in GPU-backed debt on October 1. San Francisco-based Lambda closed a $1 billion investment-grade term loan, its first institutional deal above that mark, while Australian operator Sharon AI entered a US$356 million...

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Read Plans Filed for 400MW Data Center Campus Near Melbourne, Australia
HyperDC Pty Ltd has filed plans for a large-scale data center campus in Moorabool, outside Melbourne, Australia. The company submitted a planning permit application to the Victorian government for ...

Plans Filed for 400MW Data Center Campus Near Melbourne, Australia

September 30, 2026 Australia

HyperDC Pty Ltd has filed plans for a large-scale data center campus in Moorabool, outside Melbourne, Australia. The company submitted a planning permit application to the Victorian government for the proposed development. The project is planned for 715 Ballan Road, a largely vacant site outside...

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Read HyperDC Files Plans for 400MW Data Center Campus West of Melbourne
HyperDC Pty Ltd has filed a planning permit application for a 400MW data center campus at 715 Ballan Road in Moorabool, about 75 kilometres west of [Melbourne](https://baxtel.com/regions/melbourne)...

HyperDC Files Plans for 400MW Data Center Campus West of Melbourne

September 29, 2026 Melbourne

HyperDC Pty Ltd has filed a planning permit application for a 400MW data center campus at 715 Ballan Road in Moorabool, about 75 kilometres west of Melbourne, as reported by Data Center Dynamics. The developer's website lists the 39-hectare parcel as MBL1 and states an intention to build...

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Read Victoria, Australia Proposes Rules Requiring Data Centers To Secure Renewable Power
Victoria has proposed new rules requiring data centers to secure their own renewable energy and storage capacity. Under the state’s Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan, operators would also need to...

Victoria, Australia Proposes Rules Requiring Data Centers To Secure Renewable Power

September 24, 2026 Australia

Victoria has proposed new rules requiring data centers to secure their own renewable energy and storage capacity. Under the state’s Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan, operators would also need to match new demand with new generation and cover grid connection and network upgrade costs. The...

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Read Gateway Capital Files Plans For 81MW Data Center In Sydney, Australia
Gateway Capital has filed plans for an 81MW data center in Sydney, Australia. The Frederick Street Data Centre would be built on a 1.8-hectare site at 12 Frederick Street in St Leonards. The five-s...

Gateway Capital Files Plans For 81MW Data Center In Sydney, Australia

August 27, 2026 Australia

Gateway Capital has filed plans for an 81MW data center in Sydney, Australia. The Frederick Street Data Centre would be built on a 1.8-hectare site at 12 Frederick Street in St Leonards. The five-story facility would span 16,635 sqm (179,058 sq ft) and include an on-site substation. The project...

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Read Zerra DC Files Plans For Large Data Center Campus In Queensland, Australia
A large data center campus is planned for Queensland, Australia, with Zerra DC proposing the Western Downs Digital Park, a digital, energy, and computing hub in regional Queensland. The project, fi...

Zerra DC Files Plans For Large Data Center Campus In Queensland, Australia

August 24, 2026 Australia

A large data center campus is planned for Queensland, Australia, with Zerra DC proposing the Western Downs Digital Park, a digital, energy, and computing hub in regional Queensland. The project, filed with the Western Downs Regional Council, could include up to four phases of AI-ready data...

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Read Australia’s DXN To Supply Prefabricated Data Center To Melbourne Airport
Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructur...

Australia’s DXN To Supply Prefabricated Data Center To Melbourne Airport

August 19, 2026 Australia

Australian data center firm DXN has secured a AU$4.1 million (US$2.9m) contract to supply a prefabricated Edge data center to Melbourne Airport. The facility will support critical ICT infrastructure as part of the airport’s development plan. DXN is expected to deliver the data center by the end...

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Read Centuria Eyes More Than 250MW of Data Center Capacity in Australia
Australian real estate firm Centuria Industrial REIT (CIP) is targeting more than 250MW of data center capacity across Australia. The company currently owns three data center sites, with two offeri...

Centuria Eyes More Than 250MW of Data Center Capacity in Australia

August 13, 2026 Australia

Australian real estate firm Centuria Industrial REIT (CIP) is targeting more than 250MW of data center capacity across Australia. The company currently owns three data center sites, with two offering expansion potential. It has also submitted power applications for three industrial properties...

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Read Australia’s CDC Considers New Data Center in New Zealand
Australian data center firm CDC has expressed interest in developing a potential data center in New Zealand in partnership with Contact Energy. The proposed site is in Stratford, Taranaki, on land ...

Australia’s CDC Considers New Data Center in New Zealand

August 11, 2026 Australia

Australian data center firm CDC has expressed interest in developing a potential data center in New Zealand in partnership with Contact Energy. The proposed site is in Stratford, Taranaki, on land near Contact Energy’s former Taranaki Combined Cycle power station. CDC said the site already has...

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Read New Zealand Green Party Calls for One-Year Pause on New AI Data Centre Projects
New Zealand’s Green Party has called for a one-year moratorium on new AI data centre developments. The opposition party, which holds 15 seats in Parliament, said the pause would allow time to devel...

New Zealand Green Party Calls for One-Year Pause on New AI Data Centre Projects

July 27, 2026 New Zealand

New Zealand’s Green Party has called for a one-year moratorium on new AI data centre developments. The opposition party, which holds 15 seats in Parliament, said the pause would allow time to develop regulations and ensure data centres benefit New Zealanders without placing pressure on natural...

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Read Macquarie DC Acquires 34,200 sqm Sydney Site for 200MW Data Center Campus
Macquarie Technology Group subsidiary Macquarie Data Centres has exercised its option to acquire a 34,200 sqm (368,125 sq ft) site in Sydney's Macquarie Park for a planned 200MW data center campus....

Macquarie DC Acquires 34,200 sqm Sydney Site for 200MW Data Center Campus

July 16, 2026 Australia

Macquarie Technology Group subsidiary Macquarie Data Centres has exercised its option to acquire a 34,200 sqm (368,125 sq ft) site in Sydney's Macquarie Park for a planned 200MW data center campus. The AU$240 million (US$167.95 million) acquisition is expected to close in the coming weeks...

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Read Vocus-Occupied Data Center Outside Perth Sold
A data center near Perth, leased to Australian telecommunications company Vocus, has been sold. CBRE recently announced the off-market sale of 5 Watts Place, a mixed-use data center and office faci...

Vocus-Occupied Data Center Outside Perth Sold

July 13, 2026 Australia

A data center near Perth, leased to Australian telecommunications company Vocus, has been sold. CBRE recently announced the off-market sale of 5 Watts Place, a mixed-use data center and office facility located within Bentley Technology Park, for AU$13.13 million (US$9.1 million). The property was...

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Read Alceon has Launched a Data Center Fund and Invested in Insite DC
Alceon has Launched a Data Center Fund and Invested in Insite DC

Alceon has Launched a Data Center Fund and Invested in Insite DC

May 12, 2026 Australia

Australian investment company Alceon is backing local data center developer Insite DC through its newly launched Data Centre Catalyst Fund. The firm said it plans to invest at least AU$100 million (US$72m) in initial capital to support site acquisitions and data center developments across...

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