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CDC Marsden Park Campus (Sydney) + 555MW US Hyperscaler Contract

CDC Marsden Park Campus (Sydney) + 555MW US Hyperscaler Contract

Permitted
Confirmed

Jurisdiction: Australia

Marsden Park, NSW — A$3.1B / 504MW-approved six-building campus (NSW green light: 'Southern Hemisphere's biggest data centre'), 555MW/30yr contract linkage is DCD-framing only (CDC names no campus) — see contract claim. Contract with an unnamed US investment-grade customer; campuses online 2028-2029.

Capacity
GPUs (est.)
Capex
Announced
Target operational

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Entities & roles

Entity
Role
Ownership
Committed capital
CDC Data Centres
Developer

Sources & citations

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  1. NSW Planning Portal · Nov 27, 2025 · backs: status

    https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/marsden-park-data-centre

Signals

Recent ingested source documents linked to this project via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.

  1. · CDC Data Centres

  2. · NSW Government

  3. · NSW Planning Portal