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Zerra DC Submits Plans for Six-Building Data Center Campus in Melbourne, Australia

May 08, 2026 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Data center developer Zerra DC has acquired a former automotive manufacturing site in Melbourne, Australia, for a potential new campus. According to The Urban Developer and Green Street News, the company purchased the former Ford car assembly plant site for redevelopment into a data center campus. The acquisition covers land at 300–340 Barry Road in Campbellfield, located north of Melbourne.

According to a planning permit application filed with the state of Victoria in April, Zerra DC plans to develop a six-building data center campus on the site, though full project details have not yet been disclosed. The site in question is the former Broadmeadows Assembly Plant, which opened in 1959 and spans 45 acres. It was closed in 2016 after Ford ended manufacturing operations in Australia. The property was later sold to the Pelligra Group in 2019 and rebranded as the Assembly Broadmeadows Industrial Park.

Owned by investment firm AGP, Zerra DC is pursuing data center developments across India, Japan, and Australia. The company was formerly known as AGP DC. Founded in 2018, AGP has also co-invested in a data center project in Mumbai, India, alongside Digital Edge. The firm says it has secured a total of 920MW of capacity across the US, India, Japan, and Australia.

There are 257 data centers in Australia.

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