Latest planned investments in Australia from the world's biggest tech companies.
Some of the most recent digital infrastructure projects planned by global tech giants include:
1. Anthropic has signed a long-term lease for the first stage of the Western Downs Digital Park near Dalby, a proposed campus with up to 1.44GW of IT capacity, subject to planning and foreign investment approvals.
2. OpenAI has signed a non-binding MoU with NEXTDC for a planned A$7bn AI campus at Eastern Creek in Western Sydney, where it intends to be an initial offtaker. The project remains subject to NSW planning approval.
3. Microsoft is investing A$25bn in AI and cloud infrastructure across Australia by 2029.
4. AWS is investing A$20bn in its Sydney and Melbourne data centres through 2029.
5. Meta's Project Waterworth, a 50,000km subsea cable system, is planned to connect to Australia via Darwin, subject to approvals.
6. Around 36,800 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs are planned for Firmus's AI factory in Launceston, which is under construction.
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