AU$1.1 billion data center project proposed outside Melbourne, Australia

A data center campus is being planned outside Melbourne, Australia.

“We have received a planning permit application for a proposed data center at 585 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Clyde North,” the City of Casey announced this week. “This is the first planning permit application of this kind received by the City of Casey.”

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Clyde North is a suburb in Melbourne, located within the City of Casey local government area. It is some 53km (32.9 miles) southeast of central Melbourne.

Full details of the planned campus have not been shared, but up to AU$1.1 billion (US$769m) could be invested in the project, according to the application. The proposals have received six objections on the Casey planning portal at the time of writing.