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Update, 13 November 2026: this article first described a 38-project New South Wales and Victoria set. The directory was then extended to every state and territory, and later the same day the figures below were recalculated again after further verified projects were added.

As of 13 November 2026 the DC Info directory lists 101 data-centre projects across all eight states and territories. New South Wales (43) and Victoria (30) still account for most listings. Smaller counts elsewhere reflect fewer announced or documented projects in this compilation, not a finding that those places have no activity.

Grouped from the published stage wording, the set splits as follows:

• Planning — 46 (about 24,158 MW across the 40 with a figure)
• Approved — 17 (about 2,260 MW)
• Under construction — 21 (about 2,907 MW across the 19 with a figure)
• Operational / expansion — 17 (about 1,191 MW across the 13 with a figure)

If you add up the first MW or GW figure written in each capacity field, 89 of the 101 projects produce an indicative total of about 30,516 MW. 12 listings have no MW/GW figure in the compiled record. This total is a rough scale only. Sources use different bases — IT load, total power, on-site generation, approved capacity, or a proposed figure — and some project pages already note that published numbers disagree. Large planning proposals dominate the sum: the five largest first figures alone add up to about 8,540 MW, and all five are still in planning.

Those five largest first figures are:

• Victorian AI Hub (VIC) — 2,400 MW first figure
• Beetaloo Digital Weddell precinct (NT) — 2,000 MW first figure
• Western Downs Digital Park (QLD) — 1,440 MW first figure
• CDC Ashfords Road Data Centre, Gregadoo (NSW) — 1,400 MW first figure
• Firmus Stirling North AI Factory (SA) — 1,300 MW first figure

The Beetaloo figure describes on-site power generation; IT capacity is not separately stated in the compiled record. The Victorian AI Hub figure is a proposed “up to 2.4 GW” scale published in coverage of community consultation, not an approved or operating load. Both are good examples of why the bases cannot simply be added together.

By state, using the same first-figure method:

• New South Wales — 43 listings; about 9,210 MW across the 39 with a figure
• Victoria — 30 listings; about 9,612 MW across the 23 with a figure
• Queensland — 6 listings; about 1,984 MW (all have a figure)
• The ACT — 6 listings; about 816 MW (all have a figure)
• South Australia — 5 listings; about 4,305 MW (all have a figure)
• Western Australia — 5 listings; about 1,180 MW across the 4 with a figure
• Tasmania — 3 listings; about 404 MW (all have a figure)
• The Northern Territory — 3 listings; about 3,006 MW (all have a figure)

21 projects are currently recorded as under construction — 9 in New South Wales, 7 in Victoria, and one each in Queensland, Western Australia, the ACT, Tasmania and the Northern Territory:

• NEXTDC S4 Sydney – Phase 1 (NSW, Horsley Park) — Multiplex named as head contractor. Source: Multiplex news.
• AirTrunk SYD3 (expansion) (NSW, Western Sydney) — A W Edwards named as head contractor. Source: AirTrunk.
• AirTrunk Apollo Place (SYD2 adjacent) (NSW, Lane Cove West) — head contractor not named in the compiled record.
• CDC Marsden Park campus (NSW) — head contractor not named in the compiled record.
• Davis Road Data Centre ('Project Blue Tongue') (NSW, Wetherill Park) — Lendlease named as head contractor. Source: Lendlease.
• Goodman SYD01 (Lanceley Place) (NSW, Artarmon) — A W Edwards named as head contractor.
• DCI SYD02 Eastern Creek (NSW) — Multiplex named as head contractor.
• Macquarie Data Centres IC3 Super West (NSW, Macquarie Park) — FDC Construction named as head contractor. Source: Macquarie Data Centres.
• Microsoft SYD08 Station Road (Building Two) (NSW, Seven Hills) — Taylor Construction named as head contractor.
• AirTrunk MEL2 (VIC, Melbourne north-west) — BUILT named as head contractor. Source: AirTrunk.
• CDC Laverton campus (LA1–LA3) (VIC, Laverton North) — head contractor not named in the compiled record.
• Vantage MEL1 (VIC, Tullamarine) — recorded as self-delivered, with Prime named as lead subcontractor. Source: Prime.
• NEXTDC GE1 Geelong (VIC, Corio) — Kapitol Group named as head contractor.
• Microsoft Woods Road datacentre (MEL11) (VIC, Truganina) — head contractor not named in the compiled record.
• STACK MEL02 (VIC, Truganina) — Hickory named as head contractor.
• AWS Ferris Road data centre (VIC, Cobblebank) — head contractor not named in the compiled record.
• NEXTDC SC2 Sunshine Coast (QLD, Maroochydore) — BESIX Watpac named as head contractor.
• CDC Maddington campus (WA) — BUILT named as head contractor.
• CDC Beard 1 (BE1 / Jerrabomberra Stage 1) (ACT) — Hindmarsh named as head contractor.
• Firmus AI Factory Launceston (Project Southgate – St Leonards) (TAS) — Hansen Yuncken named as head contractor.
• NEXTDC D2 Darwin (NT, Darwin City) — Kapitol Group named as head contractor.

Every figure above is calculated from the compiled record, not estimated. Open a project page for the wording as published and the “date checked”. Source citations are available to members. If a number matters to a decision, go back to the original source — planning portals, company announcements or news reports — and treat this directory as a map, not a certificate.

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