CDC Data Centres has welcomed the NSW Government’s approval of our state-of-the-art Marsden Park campus, which will become the largest data centre development in the Southern Hemisphere. NSW planning minister Paul Scully announced the approval of CDC’s AUD 3.1 billion data centre campus in Sydney’s north-west on 28 November.
Located in Sydney’s north-west, the Marsden Park campus will span approximately 20 hectares and deliver six four-storey data centre buildings, housing up to 24 data halls. With a planned ICT capacity of 504 MW and scalability towards one gigawatt, this development will support cloud, AI, and high-performance computing workloads.
“CDC Data Centres is proud to play a key role in ensuring Australia’s access to secure and reliable systems that underpin the progress of our economy and society. The Marsden Park campus is purpose-built to support next-generation cloud, high-performance computing and AI workloads, positioning Australia as one of the regional leaders in advanced data capability” said CDC CEO and founder Greg Boorer.
He added: “As AI adoption accelerates, this data centre will provide the secure, scalable foundation for innovation while creating significant employment, investment and supply chain opportunities.”
The Marsden Park facility received planning department approval within 12 months as part of the NSW government designation it a “state significant development” and despite Blacktown City Council objecting on engineering and planning grounds.
This milestone comes ahead of major federal initiatives to accelerate growth in Australia’s digital infrastructure sector and the launch of the new Data Centre Australia industry peak body. According to the Australian Financial Review (subscription required), industry minister Tim Ayres will release the Albanese government’s artificial intelligence plan next week, with further announcements expected on data centres and a skills initiative by OpenAI in partnership with major corporates, including the Commonwealth Bank.