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Who has been named on major Australian data-centre jobs

First published 12 November 2026 · Updated 13 November 2026, Australia/Sydney · Based on the DC Info dataset last checked 13 November 2026

Update, 13 November 2026: lists extended when the directory expanded nationally, and again later the same day after further verified contractor names were added to the compiled record.

Many project announcements name an owner and a capacity figure, but not the builder. In this directory a blank contractor field means no source in the compiled record named one — not that the work has no contractor. The names below appear because a source attached them to that job.

Head contractors named in the current set

Multiplex — NEXTDC S4 Sydney Phase 1 (ECI then D&C), per Multiplex; also NEXTDC B2 Brisbane Stage 2, NEXTDC P1 Perth Stage Two and DCI SYD02 Eastern Creek in the compiled record.
A W Edwards (Bouygues Construction) — AirTrunk SYD3 expansion, Microsoft Kemps Creek (SYD05) and Goodman SYD01 (Lanceley Place) in the compiled record.
Kapitol Group — NEXTDC M3 Melbourne (Stages 2–7), Microsoft Cawley Road, NEXTDC D2 Darwin and NEXTDC GE1 Geelong in the compiled record.
Lendlease — Davis Road / Project Blue Tongue, per Lendlease.
Erilyan — GreenSquareDC SYD1, Stage 1 general contractor.
BUILT — AirTrunk MEL2, AirTrunk MEL1 (earlier phase) and CDC Maddington campus.
Hansen Yuncken — Firmus AI Factory Launceston (Project Southgate – St Leonards).
SHAPE Australia — DigiCo SYD1 Ultimo expansion.
Hickory — STACK MEL01 Truganina and STACK MEL02.
FDC Construction — Macquarie Data Centres IC3 Super West, named as the main build contractor. Source: Macquarie Data Centres. FDC is also named on several operating facilities in the compiled record, including NEXTDC S1, M1, M2, B2, P1 and C1, Equinix ME1 and Macquarie IC2.
Hindmarsh — CDC Eastern Creek (EC4–EC6), CDC Hume Campus Two (HU4–HU5) and CDC Beard 1.
BESIX Watpac — NEXTDC SC2 Sunshine Coast and Microsoft Garden Drive (MEL07).
ICON — CDC Brooklyn campus (BK2).
Taylor Construction — Microsoft SYD08 Station Road (Building Two).

Vantage MEL1 is recorded as self-delivered, with a source naming Prime as lead subcontractor rather than as head contractor.

Electrical subcontractors named in the current set

Heyday (Southern Cross Electrical) — electrical and communications works on NEXTDC S4 Phase 1, under a limited letter of award from Multiplex; also LV and generator works on the DigiCo SYD1 Ultimo expansion, as recorded.
Fredon — electrical infrastructure and commissioning, GreenSquareDC SYD1 Stage 1. Fredon is also named as preferred mechanical contractor on STACK MEL03.
SME Powered Services — electrical and communications on NEXTDC M3, including transformers, generators, LV switchboards and rotary UPS as described in the source wording.
SKS Technologies — electrical works on AirTrunk MEL2 (the compiled record cites about A$66 million of works to date) and earlier MEL1 works (about A$120 million completed, per SKS, as recorded); also STACK MEL01 and an A$210 million electrical package on STACK MEL02.
Prime — lead subcontractor on Vantage MEL1 for civil, electrical and communications, and hydraulics, per Prime’s project page.
Rycon Electrical & Automation — mechanical-electrical works on the CDC Eastern Creek EC5/EC6 expansion.
JLE Group — modular power cubes and associated electrical scope on the Firmus AI Factory in Launceston, as recorded from an announcement.
Trivantage Manufacturing — generator and UPS switchboards for the DigiCo SYD1 Ultimo expansion.

Other consultants, trades and suppliers also appear — including HDR, Greenbox, Urbis, Arup, ATCO Structures, Concept Commissioning, Aurecon, Turner & Townsend, ERM, ADP, BCA Consultants, Hames Sharley, Omnii, TCL (Taylor Cullity Lethlean), TTW, Giddis Project Management, iCOST, Apollo Fabrication, ESCO Industries, BY Group, Moits, Benmax, Force Fire, Hera Engineering, Architectus, A.G. Coombs and others — each with the role given in the source text. They are listed on the relevant company pages.

This is not a vendor ranking and not a complete subcontract list. Most projects in the directory (73 of 101) still have no named head contractor in the sources we compiled. If you can point to an announcement we missed, use the correction form.

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