Australian developer axes Sydney suburban data centre plan after local opposition

Australian developer axes Sydney suburban data centre plan after local opposition

Australia's biggest property company on Monday abandoned plans to build a data centre metres from people's homes ​in the Sydney suburbs after the proposal sparked ‌fierce local opposition.

Plan for controversial Sydney data centre scrapped after push-back

Goodman Group, the property giant behind the Project Mars data centre, says the decision is due to changes to the "policy and regulatory environment".

Goodman Group axes $1.2b Sydney data centre after backlash

Policy and regulations for big data centres had “evolved significantly” over the past year, Goodman says in a letter withdrawing its controversial project.

Controversial Sydney data centre project pulled amid community anger

A controversial proposed data centre has been withdrawn by its developer after it became a flashpoint amid growing opposition to the AI infrastructure development across the country.