Macquarie Data Centres has purchased a 34,200sqm (368,000sq ft) light industrial zoned development site in Sydney to build a new campus and data centre.
The A$240 million site will become an engineering and technology campus with ~200MW of IT load in Sydney's North Zone (AZ1).
The proposed facility’s design incorporates advanced air-cooling, closed-loop technology for its primary heat rejection, minimising operational water consumption, while also supporting high-density direct-to-chip liquid and air cooling within the data halls.
The new campus will support research, technology and learning opportunities in conjunction with Macquarie University.
Construction will be completed in late calendar year 2029, subject to planning and other approvals.
The Macquarie Park campus will create pathways for students and academics to have direct experience in technology and engineering in collaboration with industry.
The campus sits within a dedicated high-tech industrial zone, in one of Sydney's most fibre-rich technology corridors in Macquarie Park, Australia’s Silicon Valley.
Macquarie Data Centres’ CEO, David Hirst, said the campus will sit alongside the 200MW of Australian-owned and operated data centre, providing students and researchers with hands-on access to the latest data centre, cyber security and cloud technologies.