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Australia plans massive 2.4GW data center, larger than any current facility

Syncline has proposed a massive 350-hectare data center development in outer Melbourne, Australia. The facility, with 140 hectares dedicated to four buildings, is slated to have a maximum capacity of 2.4GW. This project is notable for its scale, being larger than any current Australian data center and projected to consume more electricity than Victoria's largest power station, Loy Yang A. AI

IMPACT This massive data center development could support the significant computational demands of future AI models and infrastructure.

RANK_REASON Significant infrastructure project announcement with substantial capacity and energy consumption implications. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Australia plans massive 2.4GW data center, larger than any current facility

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    The proposed site is 350 hectares, of which Syncline says 40% – 140ha, or just under six times the size of Chadstone shopping centre – will be used to house fou

    The proposed site is 350 hectares, of which Syncline says 40% – 140ha, or just under six times the size of Chadstone shopping centre – will be used to house four datacentre buildings with maximum capacity of 2.4GW, with the remaining 60% to be open land. The proposed centre is la…