The New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has marked a construction milestone for Macquarie Data Centres’ latest facility, IC3 Super West, pouring the final concrete as the building’s external structure reaches completion. The 47-megawatt data centre, located in Sydney’s north zone, is scheduled to open in September 2026.
IC3 Super West is the only new facility expected to add AI-ready capacity in the region next year. Macquarie Data Centres has secured all end-state power required for the site, which is being developed to meet demand from hyperscale cloud providers, enterprise customers and emerging “Neocloud” operators seeking GPU-driven and high-performance computing infrastructure. The project forms part of the company’s wider 200-megawatt development pipeline aimed at expanding AI and cloud capacity in Sydney.
Sydney continues to position itself as a major hub for digital infrastructure, supported by state initiatives such as the NSW Government’s Investment Delivery Authority, established to streamline future technology infrastructure projects. This includes Macquarie Data Centres’ recently announced plans for a 150-megawatt facility.
Macquarie Data Centres Group Executive David Hirst said the growth in high-density AI workloads represents one of the most significant shifts the industry has seen in decades. He said IC3 Super West is being built to support power-intensive and liquid-cooled environments required for modern AI systems, with the company emphasising the role of sovereign data centres in supporting Australia’s competitiveness.
The new facility is the third development at the company’s Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus in Sydney’s north. Phase one represents an investment of about $350 million and will deliver the complete building shell along with 6MW of initial IT load. The site is designed to support both air and liquid cooling for high-density AI and cloud workloads.
