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CDC Data Centres owns and operates secure, sovereign data centres across Australia and New Zealand. It designs modular, scalable facilities and provides a full suite of services—from design and planning to deployment, operations, and monitoring—covering colocation, cloud, and managed infrastructure. Its facilities serve government, defense, finance, healthcare, technology, and hyperscale customers that require highly secure, compliant data hosting and connectivity. Unlike many providers, CDC focuses on sovereign, long-term infrastructure solutions with contracts often spanning decades and tailored to critical infrastructure needs. The company aims to expand its footprint to protect and enable government and enterprise operations by delivering secure, flexible data centre environments that meet strict data sovereignty and security requirements.
About CDC Data Centres
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Data & Analytics
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Industrial & Manufacturing
Government & Public Sector
Company Size
201-500
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Headquarters
Fyshwick, Australia
Founded
2007
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What believers are saying
- Contact and CDC seek consent for a 250MW Stratford campus backed by batteries.
- CDC expects FY27 capital expenditure of A$3.8 billion-A$4.2 billion, signaling build momentum.
- Infratil says CDC’s contracted capacity exceeds 1GW, with FY28 EBITDAF above A$1 billion.
What critics are saying
- Stratford remains uncommitted; consent, anchor tenants, and project finance remain unresolved.
- Auckland and Manawatū protests target data centres over electricity, water, and productive land.
- A 555MW single-customer book exposes CDC if that U.S. client delays or renegotiates.
What makes CDC Data Centres unique
- CDC’s 555MW, 30-year US contract proves sovereign-scale demand and pricing power.
- FY26 electricity was 100% matched with renewable electricity, supporting low-carbon sovereign hosting.
- CDC controls campuses across Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Auckland, enabling multi-site capacity delivery.
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Centuria, ResetData advance AI data centre rollout. The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper Technology | / | / | / | / | Centuria, ResetData advance AI data centre rollout BY VINNY VUCAGO | THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026 11:43AM Centuria Capital Group and AI infrastructure business ResetData have partnered with CDC Data Centres to develop AI data centre infrastructure. The entities have secured new power capacity and $165 million in GPU financing. Centuria, which holds a 50% interest in ResetData, said the developments build on initiatives outlined during its June 2026 equity raising and are intended to support the next stage of business. ResetData has signed a Master Services Agreement with CDC Data Centres for initial 7MW allocation, alongside a letter of intent supporting an increase to 10MW. The agreement provides a pathway to expand deployment and revenue as customer demand converts into contracted capacity, with revenue commencement remaining on track for the second half of FY27. The group has also secure 72MW of dedicated power generation units for delivery in 2028, with multi-site optionality. Centuria said the infrastructure could fast-track additional power capacity and bring forward deployment timelines by around two years. The companies have also executed documentation with Macquire Bank for $165 million in senior bridge GPU financing facility. The facility will support staged Nvidia GPU procurement and deployment across Centuria owned and third-party facilities, complementing ResetData's existing financing arrangement with Dell Financial Services. Centuria said customer demand continues to exceed ResetData's near-term AI compute capacity with multiple opportunities progressing through commercial, technical and contracting discussions. A strategic memorandum of understanding has also been executed with an investment-grade corporation to potentially procure about 2MW of capacity through a staged deployment in Centuria-owned data centres facilities. ResetData has ordered the remaining GPUs required for the second stage of its AI Factory (AI-F1) project, supporting completion of the facility's capacity buildout. Centuria has said its AI-F1 stage 2 deployments is targeted at 1.1MW, while existing Centuria facility has a target deployment of approximately 2.5MW. Both are targeting revenue commencement in the second half of the FY27. Centuria has reaffirmed its FY26 guidance and will provide a broader group update when it reports its annual results on 27 August 2026. Read more: ResetData, CDC Data Centres, Centuria Capital Group, AI Factory, Nvidia GPU VIEW COMMENTS Related News | | | Morningstar predicts platforms to pull Centuria Bass Credit Fund | | | | Centuria quashes governance allegations amid fund downgrades | | | | Qualitas bolsters RE private equity team | | | | Centuria grows agriculture portfolio to $1.3bn with acquisition | | | | Centuria Bass names new chief executive | | | | Centuria raises $50m for new fund | | | | Centuria buys greenhouse farm | | | | Centuria adds to glasshouse portfolio | | | | MA Financial secures $70m for property fund | | | | Centuria launches new unlisted industrial fund Editor's choice. The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the door open for further tightening despite keeping the cash rate steady at 4.35%. DASH Technology Group appointed a new chief executive, replacing the incumbent who left the company in May. GQG Partners recorded another significant month of client redemptions in July, with net outflows of US$4.5 billion ($6.4b), as the global fund manager continued to face pressure on funds under management. New analysis depicted duration as the biggest headwind for bond investors, with both Australian and global bonds labelled as the "laggards" against their peers over the 12 months to June end. Videos. Further Reading
CDC, Contact pitch Stratford as renewable-powered datacentre player. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 0 Comments / 0 New Contact Energy chief executive Mike Fuge says a proposal to build a datacentre in Taranaki could help underpin investment in new renewable generation and battery projects. (Image: BusinessDesk composite) Contact Energy and Infratil-backed CDC Data Centres have announced plans to explore development of a 250-megawatt datacentre in Taranaki. In a market announcement on Monday morning, the companies said they will seek resource consent for the project, on land near Contact's retired Taranaki Combined Cycle (TCC) gas-fired power station, which would be supported by co-located battery storage. Contact chief executive Mike Fuge said the facility would be supplied under long-term electricity contracts backed by Contact's pipelin... * Deeply researched, twice-edited and fact-checked news * Annual subscribers also receive a complimentary subscription to The Wall Street Journal * Personalised email news alerts, plus gift up to 5 stories a month to non-subscribers Minimum password length of 8 characters. Require at least one upper and lowercase, numeric, and special character. Annual - including full access to The Wall Street Journal $349.00 Monthly $44.00 All subscriptions auto renew but are easy to cancel. Not convinced yet? Markets sponsored by Award-winning investment expertise, trusted to deliver for the long term UPDATED: Sam Stubbs "flabbergasted". The liquidations were blamed on weak grape demand and poor profitability. Contact's net profit rose 28% to $423 million in the year to June. The critical pipeline supports more than 10% of New Zealand's fuel supply. Inside the discipline behind three decades of growth. First Mortgage Trust The Government's $1.2 billion gas-transition lending scheme could cut borrowing costs for some businesses by about one percentage point, although industry figures say uptake may be slow and the guarantee will not make every fuel-switching project economic. The scheme opened to applications last Friday through ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank and Westpac. T Ian Llewellyn 04 Aug 2026 Just one year ago, the coalition Government overturned the ban on petroleum exploration that had been in place since 2018. This week, on July 29, it announced the first new petroleum exploration permit, nine days after New Zealand First pledged to invest $1 billion in a National Subsurface Development Survey. The national survey would include CO2 Greg Hurrell 03 Aug 2026 Market research firm BMI says New Zealand's datacentre market is small but rapidly expanding, primarily through co-location providers mostly based in Auckland. In a July 24 note on NZ's datacentre market, circulated on Tuesday by BMI parent company Fitch Group, the research firm said there was 172MW of capacity in NZ's existing 62 datacentres. A fu Thomas Manch 28 Jul 2026 Wholesale electricity prices have fallen to near-record lows as strong hydro storage, new batteries, and high levels of renewable generation reshape the winter market, raising questions about policy direction and future investment decisions. Forsyth Barr's latest Power Points report says June wholesale prices were the third-lowest for any June on r Ian Llewellyn 07 Jul 2026 On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week. Wellington played host this week to another contribution to the Treasury's ongoing seminar series on global disorder, when Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade deputy secretary Vangelis Vitalis delivered a talk hosted by the Tre Dileepa Fonseka 04 Jul 2026 BusinessDesk is partnering with The Boardroom Table to publish its monthly league table of NZX directors who sit on multiple boards. Since The Boardroom Table first published its NZX board director benchmark, one name has sat consistently at the top: Pip Greenwood. Chairwoman of The a2 Milk Company and non-executive director of Fisher & Paykel Heal The Boardroom Table 18 Jun 2026 Infratil will continue to pump cash into datacentres and renewable energy. The infrastructure investor said on Tuesday it could sell another $1 billion in assets, on top of more than $1b it will pocket from reducing its stake in Contact Energy and selling Fortysouth and Infratil Property investments, and RetireAustralia. Medical imaging business Rebecca Stevenson 27 May 2026 If you're sick of reading about artificial intelligence, look away now. Infratil pointed to AI as a growth driver in its full-year result, with stronger earnings led by its datacentre and renewable energy businesses. Both CDC Data Centres and Longroad Energy's success are tethered to AI: CDC signed the largest-ever Australian datacentre contract Rebecca Stevenson 26 May 2026 Infratil will add almost $500 million to its war chest with a sell-down of its stake in Contact Energy. On Wednesday morning, the infrastructure investor said it would sell more than 53 million Contact shares for about $495m or $9.25 per share, reducing its shareholding to 9.08%. It said the sale would provide Infratil with additional flexibility Rebecca Stevenson 20 May 2026 CDC Data Centres' new "mega" contract shows both Australia and New Zealand are on the map for large-scale intelligence generation, Infratil boss Jason Boyes says. On Wednesday, the companies announced a new deal with a US customer, which was dubbed mega, supersized, and monster, for 555 megawatts (MW) to be delivered from existing and under-constr Rebecca Stevenson 07 May 2026
Contact Energy partners with CDC for Taranaki data centre. August 9, 2026 at 08:39 PM UTC - By FilingReader AI Contact Energy has partnered with CDC Data Centres to explore developing a 250 MW data centre in Stratford, Taranaki. The proposed facility would be supported by co-located battery storage and supplied with electricity under a long-term contract backed by the company's renewable development pipeline. The site offers significant advantages, including 500 MW of consented grid-scale batteries, existing grid connections, and high-capacity fiber connectivity. Alongside this initiative, Contact Energy reported a full-year result for FY26, driven by the acquisition of Manawa Energy and a significant lift in renewable generation. Operating earnings rose 31% to NZD $1,011m, while net profit increased 62% to NZD $423m. The company achieved 98% renewable generation and declared a final ordinary dividend of 24 cents per share, bringing the total annual dividend to 40 cents per share. This report was generated by FilingReader's AI system from regulatory filings and company disclosures. To request a correction, contact [email protected] Primary source document.
CDC files plans for Data Center in Kemps Creek, Sydney. Aug 05, 2026 Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji Published in CDC Cyber Data Center International Australian data center operator CDC has filed plans for a new campus in western Sydney. The company submitted a SEARS application to the New South Wales government for a data center at 871-901 Mamre Road in Kemps Creek. The proposed 88.4-hectare development would feature a four-story, 144MW facility spanning 34,000 sqm (365,970 sq ft), along with an on-site substation. The project could attract investment of up to AU$1.8 billion (US$1.2 billion). The four-parcel site is currently occupied by two homes and several agricultural buildings, including former cattle and poultry farming facilities. Sydney is one of Australia's largest data center markets, with Microsoft, Stockland, and ISPT all pursuing developments in the Kemps Creek area. Founded in 2007 and backed by Infratil, CDC operates or is developing nearly 20 data center sites across Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Auckland. CDC has more than 600MW of data center capacity in operation and development across Australia and New Zealand, with a further 1.6GW pipeline through 2034. In Sydney, CDC operates the Eastern Creek campus, with 123MW live and more than 100MW under construction, while its Marsden Park site could scale beyond 1GW.
Fortescue pivots from hydrogen dreams to global data centre empire. There is growing evidence that Fortescue is positioning itself as a competitor in the data centre market. Pic: Getty Images By Nick Evans and John Stensholt Billionaire Andrew Forrest is pivoting Fortescue's hydrogen dreams to data centres across the company's global energy portfolio, pitching a plan to the Norwegian government in April to repurpose one of its ailing European hydrogen projects. Forrest wrote to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in April seeking a meeting to discuss the potential use of Fortescue's Holmaneset green hydrogen and ammonia project as a power provider for "large-scale data centres". The suggestion was included in correspondence obtained by The Australian related to several issues, and urged the Prime Minister to consider working with Fortescue "rapidly to complete Holmaneset" and to discuss how the mining giant could "further invest in Norway". The request mirrors moves by Fortescue, revealed by The Australian on Wednesday, to seek changes to the Western Australian Mining Act that could allow the company to use excess power generated by its Pilbara renewable energy grid to build data centres in WA. It adds to growing evidence that Fortescue is positioning itself as a competitor in the booming data centre market, using its work building a renewable energy portfolio as a headstart against companies such as AirTrunk, NextDC, CDC, HMC and neoclouds Firmus, Iren and Sharon AI after its green hydrogen retreat. A spokeswoman for Fortescue told The Australian the company had "no plans to change the current direction of the project, which is progressing through the regulatory approvals process". "Our focus at Holmaneset remains the development of a green ammonia production facility, subject to regulatory and internal investment approvals," she said. Fortescue last updated investors on progress at Holmaneset in April 2025, when it also said feasibility and planning studies were being progressed. Holmaneset was once the centrepiece of Fortescue's European green hydrogen ambitions, but mention of the project - designed to convert Norway's plentiful hydro-electric power to ammonia for export - has since slipped off Fortescue's website. Fortescue won a €203.7m ($335.1m) European Union grant for the project from the EU's Innovation fund in late 2023, after cutting a 10-year supply deal with European hydropower major Statkraft. Data centre pivot. Fortescue's original plan said the company intended to begin construction of the facility in 2025. Even though Fortescue has since put its global hydrogen dreams on the backburner, a statement issued when the Australian mining giant extended its power deal with Statkraft in December still put green hydrogen and ammonia as the primary focus of the power agreement. Forrest wrote to PM Gahr Støre a few months later, flagging a shift in strategy through "immediate development opportunities at Holmaneset, including large-scale data centres and electrons-for-molecules initiatives". The letter made no specific mention of hydrogen or green ammonia output. The apparent shift of focus sparked immediate concerns in Norway, documents and local reporting show, given Fortescue's Holmaneset project was already facing strident opposition from environmental groups in the country. It was the subject of questions in Norway's parliament, including a call from Red Party MP Sofie Marhaug to strip Fortescue of its power allocation as a result of the switch. "This fits into a pattern where power and industrial areas originally set aside for hydrogen, ammonia and battery production are instead channelled to data centres with far lower local value creation," Marhaug said. "It raises fundamental questions about how scarce power should be prioritised, and whether current practice allows for strategic re-regulation of projects after power has been allocated." In Australia, Fortescue said in April that a major upgrade to its Pilbara renewable energy grid could give it enough surplus capacity to sell green energy to other mining companies, and third-party users such as data centres. Forrest declared in a speech this week that data centres are "big enough and ugly enough and powerful enough" to make their own green energy. The Australian revealed this week that Fortescue is exploring the possibility of owning and operating Pilbara data centres. The Norway revelations and moves in the Pilbara come amid a boom in demand for energy for data centres, and investor interest in the sector. The biggest example has been Firmus, the AI data centre start-up co-founded by Oliver Curtis that has a $15.5bn valuation as a private company. Data centre operators such as Firmus, CDC, Iren and NextDC have been scouring the Australian market for potential sites for data centres, as have global hyperscalers such as Anthropic and Nvidia, some of which is in partnership with local operators. Australian billionaire Robin Khuda has been at the forefront of the sector's growth with his AirTrunk. Forrest has forged relationships with the likes of OpenAI founder Sam Altman and other key technology leaders around the world, moving in billionaire circles at functions and retreats. Strong rumours in Pilbara communities suggest Fortescue is in talks with at least one major end user for data centres, such as AI majors Anthropic or OpenAI.
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About CDC Data Centres
Industries
Data & Analytics
Hardware
Industrial & Manufacturing
Government & Public Sector
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Fyshwick, Australia
Founded
2007
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