Australia’s data-centre pipeline, graded
A source-led tracker of the facilities, proposals and fights reshaping Australia’s electricity map.
Across operating, construction, committed and early-stage capacity
Industry base case
End of 2025
By 2030
Data checked 24 July 2026
01 / THE TRACKER
Green is operating. Amber is pipeline. Red marks conflict or an adverse outcome. Pins show suburb- or region-level locations, never sensitive exact addresses.
Selected entry
Project proponent
Kemps Creek
Six-building state-significant proposal. Generator and fuel figures should be read against the latest lodged EIS revision.
Campus record · checked 24 Jul 2026
Source: NSW Planning Portal140 matching entries · facilities, campuses and clearly labelled portfolios
02 / THE GAP
It is an upper-bound inventory. The industry report puts 78% of tracked capacity in an early-stage category that “may or may not eventuate.”
The report’s March snapshot rounds operating capacity to 1.5 GW; the 1.4 GW figure above is its end-of-2025 base. Timing and rounding account for the difference.
Roughly 85% of today’s tracked total is not forecast to be operating by 2030.
If all proposed capacity proceeded, it would exceed seven times the capacity of Australia’s largest coal station.
Land, permits, grid capacity, new generation, water infrastructure and customers all change the odds.
03 / THE FIGHTS
“Contested” is not a prediction. It means a material public, planning or community dispute is documented.
A $1.1 billion project withdrawn before determination after noise from 18 backup generators became a central issue.
A small proposal near a public school was withdrawn in June 2026 after an organised local campaign.
A still-active state-significant proposal: six buildings, 852 backup generators and objections from nearby institutions.
04 / METHOD
Australia has no definitive public census of data centres. This public-evidence edition reconciles operator location pages, planning records and state project trackers. Commercial directories are used only where their broader coverage adds a location that can be attributed.
This is a curated public tracker, not a national census. One pin may be a building, campus or grouped portfolio; the record type is shown on every entry. Do not add the pins to infer a national facility total.
Operating, construction, committed and early-stage are kept separate. A proposal is not treated as a working facility.
Published figures may refer to fitted IT load, full-site demand or maximum buildout. Each entry keeps the source’s wording.
SOLID is primary documentation. REPORTED is attributed reporting. CONTESTED flags unresolved definitions or claims.
Each entry shows its evidence grade, source and last-check date. Material corrections will be dated rather than silently overwritten.
05 / PRIMARY SOURCES
Start with the national methodology, then inspect the state trackers, operator pages and planning records behind individual pins.
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