Tuesday was quite the day for Dubbo’s first family of hard hats and data centres, on both the capital markets front for former rugby player-turned-construction tycoon Wes Maas, and closer to home at the local pub for his brothers.To the capital markets first, where Wes’ eponymous listed construction and investment company Maas Group hoovered up $300 million in Firmus shares. That’s on top of the $110 million it’s already poured into the data centre (or “AI Factory”, as Oliver Curtis likes to call them) developer and brings its stake to 3.2 per cent.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles