At a glance
- AirTrunk's proposal was a 140MW facility at Apollo Place and Mars Road in Lane Cove West, where the Blackstone- and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board-owned company already runs its SYD2 campus.
- For allocators, the two Lane Cove West withdrawals sit in the development pipeline, not in operating sites.
- Stockland's Cooks River project, a joint venture with John Boyd Properties, was to sit inside a $3.5 billion logistics and commercial development covering 18.3 hectares (45 acres) of former Kogarah Golf Club land.
AirTrunk and Stockland cancelled planned data centers in Sydney and Quantum DC paused one in South Australia, all three pulled back after community opposition, Data Center Dynamics reported Nov. 13.
AirTrunk's proposal was a 140MW facility at Apollo Place and Mars Road in Lane Cove West, where the Blackstone- and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board-owned company already runs its SYD2 campus. AirTrunk told local media the site was "unsuitable" for the type of facilities its customers need. The company said the cancellation does not affect SYD2 or the already-approved Apollo Place development, an adjoining facility that will form a larger integrated campus with SYD2 once complete. AirTrunk, which as Private Wealth Daily previously reported signed a renewables exclusivity agreement with European Energy, said it would look at more feasible sites elsewhere in Australia.
For allocators, the two Lane Cove West withdrawals sit in the development pipeline, not in operating sites. Goodman Group dropped its 90MW Project Mars campus there in September, citing community feedback and a policy and regulatory environment that had "evolved significantly." AirTrunk's 140MW plan is now gone as well, and its stated reason was site suitability rather than a planning refusal.
Stockland's Cooks River project, a joint venture with John Boyd Properties, was to sit inside a $3.5 billion logistics and commercial development covering 18.3 hectares (45 acres) of former Kogarah Golf Club land. The wider project will go ahead without the data center. Quantum DC's Tungkillo project remains paused.
Reported by the Data centers & fiber desk from Data Center Dynamics. Published . Corrections